Murderers, Robbers & Highwaymen
True Tales of Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century England
Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown in jail daily for everything from associating with gypsies to cutting down fruit trees and stealing sheep. Although these were punishable offenses, the crimes that made headlines in the local papers were much more serious.Men—and sometimes even women—in England were tried and executed every day for their roles in murders, robberies, kidnappings, and more. This collection features some of the most notorious and slightly disturbing stories of the crimes committed and the subsequent punishments assigned. Cr…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62873-514-7
- EAN: 9781628735147
- Produktnummer: 31909938
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'427 KB
- Auflage: Proprietary
Über den Autor
Stephen Brennan is the author of The Adventurous Boy's Handbook and The Adventurous Girl's Handbook. He has also edited and arranged An Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt and An Autobiography of General Custer, among others. He has worked as a circus clown, book editor, teacher, cabaret artist, actor, director, shepherd, and playwright. He resides in New York City and West Cornwall, Connecticut.
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