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The thief-taker hangings : how Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard captivated London and created the celebrity criminal
Author
Title
The thief-taker hangings : how Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard captivated London and created the celebrity criminal / Aaron Skirboll.
ISBN
9780762791484 (hbk.)
0762791489 (hbk.)
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xvii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
Chronicles the invention of scandal journalism by Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Wild, and Jack Sheppard.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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