Villainy Detected. Being a Collection of the Most Sensational True...
De La Torre, Lillian. Villainy Detected: Being a Collection of the Most Sensational True Crimes and the Most Notorious Real Criminals That Blotted the Name of Britain in the Years 1660 to 1800. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., [1947]. xii, 243 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, fine in very good dust jacket. Internally clean. $35. * A masterfully curated anthology of historical true crime focusing on the Georgian and Restoration eras. De La Torre compiles sensational 17th- and 18th-century British criminal broadsides, trials, and chronicles, exploring notorious cases of highwaymen, murderesses, and swindlers. The text includes insightful commentary and a definitive introduction, making it a classic resource for legal history and true crime enthusiasts.
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