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Book Synopsis A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard: giving an exact descrption of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate ... Written by himself ... after his being retaken in Drury-Lane [or rather, written by D. Defoe]. To which is prefix'd, a true representation of his escape ... engraven on a copper plate ... The third edition by : Daniel Defoe
Download or read book A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard: giving an exact descrption of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate ... Written by himself ... after his being retaken in Drury-Lane [or rather, written by D. Defoe]. To which is prefix'd, a true representation of his escape ... engraven on a copper plate ... The third edition written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1724 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes,&c. of John Sheppard by : Daniel Defoe
Download or read book A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes,&c. of John Sheppard written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1724 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The London Hanged by : Peter Linebaugh
Download or read book The London Hanged written by Peter Linebaugh and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Linebaugh's groundbreaking history has become an inescapable part of any understanding of the rise of capitalism. In eighteenth-century London the spectacle of a hanging was not simply a form of punishing transgressors. Rather it evidently served the most sinister purpose-for a prvileged ruling class-of forcing the poor population of London to accept the criminalization of customary rights and the new forms of private property. Necessity drove the city's poor into inevitable conflict with the changing property laws, such that all the working-class men and women of London had good reason to fear the example of Tyburn's Triple Tree. In this new edition Peter Linebaugh reinforces his original arguments with responses to his critics based on an impressive array of historical sources. As the trend of capital punishment intensifies with the spread of global capitalism, The London Hanged also gains in contemporary relevance.
Book Synopsis The King of Pirates by : Daniel Defoe
Download or read book The King of Pirates written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices by : Philip Rawlings
Download or read book Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices written by Philip Rawlings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of eighteenth century biographies of street robbers, pickpockets, burglers, horse thieves and confidence tricksters. Background historical information and footnotes are provided.
Book Synopsis Turned to Account by : Lincoln B. Faller
Download or read book Turned to Account written by Lincoln B. Faller and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1987-09-25 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turned to Account is a study that focuses on the popular genre of criminal biography, examining how it played upon and reflected English society's fears and interest in aberrant behaviour. Faller examines ways in which ordinary Englishmen read, wrote and presumably thought on the subject of criminal actions and character.
Download or read book King of pirates written by Daniel Defoe and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard by : Daniel Defoe
Download or read book The History of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard written by Daniel Defoe and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-10-24 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the daring and unpredictable life of John Sheppard, a notorious figure of 18th-century England, through Daniel Defoe's gripping narrative in The History of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard. Known for his audacious escapes and criminal exploits, Sheppard's story is one of adventure, wit, and mischief. Defoe’s vivid storytelling brings to life the thrilling adventures of John Sheppard, a master of deception who became one of London's most infamous criminals. His remarkable escapes from prison, robberies, and criminal escapades are told with intricate detail and vivid characters.But here's the twist that will captivate your imagination: What drives a man like Sheppard to repeatedly defy authority, risking everything for freedom? Could his story be a reflection of the human desire for rebellion against oppressive systems? Through Defoe’s narrative, you’ll encounter the pulse of 18th-century London, a city where criminals and lawmen clashed in an ever-evolving game of cat and mouse. Sheppard’s life is painted with moments of tension, intrigue, and unexpected turns, offering readers both an entertaining and thought-provoking experience. Will you dare to delve into the life of one of history’s most audacious criminals?As you follow Sheppard’s thrilling escapades, you’ll find yourself questioning the nature of justice, crime, and redemption. Defoe’s skillful storytelling will leave you on the edge of your seat, eagerly turning pages to uncover what happens next. Embrace the bold and exciting world of John Sheppard. Purchase The History of The Remarkable Life of John Sheppard now, and immerse yourself in a story that has captivated readers for centuries.
Book Synopsis Eighteenth-Century British Erotica, Part I vol 5 by : Rictor Norton
Download or read book Eighteenth-Century British Erotica, Part I vol 5 written by Rictor Norton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set reprints many of the 18th century's most notorious works, including eight from "The Fifteen Plagues of a Maiden-Head" (1707), that resulted in highly publicized court battles and in some cases helped shape laws on censorship that survived into modernity.
Book Synopsis Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England by : Hal Gladfelder
Download or read book Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England written by Hal Gladfelder and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of transgression–Gilgamesh, Prometheus, Oedipus, Eve—may be integral to every culture's narrative imaginings of its own origins, but such stories assumed different meanings with the burgeoning interest in modern histories of crime and punishment in the later decades of the seventeenth century. In Criminality and Narrative in Eighteenth-Century England, Hal Gladfelder shows how the trial report, providence book, criminal biography, and gallows speech came into new commercial prominence and brought into focus what was most disturbing, and most exciting, about contemporary experience. These narratives of violence, theft, disruptive sexuality, and rebellion compelled their readers to sort through fragmentary or contested evidence, anticipating the openness to discordant meanings and discrepant points of view which characterizes the later fictions of Defoe and Fielding. Beginning with the various genres of crime narrative, Gladfelder maps a complex network of discourses that collectively embodied the range of responses to the transgressive at the turn of the eighteenth century. In the book's second and third parts, he demonstrates how the discourses of criminality became enmeshed with emerging novelistic conceptions of character and narrative form. With special attention to Colonel Jack, Moll Flanders, and Roxana, Gladfelder argues that Defoe's narratives concentrate on the forces that shape identity, especially under conditions of outlawry, social dislocation, and urban poverty. He next considers Fielding's double career as author and magistrate, analyzing the interaction between his fiction and such texts as the aggressively polemical Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase in Robbers and his eyewitness accounts of the sensational Canning and Penlez cases. Finally, Gladfelder turns to Godwin's Caleb Williams, Wollstonecraft's Maria, and Inchbald's Nature and Art to reveal the degree to which criminal narrative, by the end of the eighteenth century, had become a necessary vehicle for articulating fundamental cultural anxieties and longings. Crime narratives, he argues, vividly embody the struggles of individuals to define their place in the suddenly unfamiliar world of modernity.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780 by : John Richetti
Download or read book The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780 written by John Richetti and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-06 with total page 974 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660-1780 offers readers discussions of the entire range of literary expression from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century. In essays by thirty distinguished scholars, recent historical perspectives and new critical approaches and methods are brought to bear on the classic authors and texts of the period. Forgotten or neglected authors and themes as well as new and emerging genres within the expanding marketplace for printed matter during the eighteenth century receive special attention and emphasis. The volume's guiding purpose is to examine the social and historical circumstances within which literary production and imaginative writing take place in the period and to evaluate the enduring verbal complexity and cultural insights they articulate so powerfully.
Book Synopsis Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates by : Laurie Ellinghausen
Download or read book Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates written by Laurie Ellinghausen and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining tales of notorious figures in Renaissance England, including the mercenary Thomas Stukeley, the Barbary corsair John Ward, and the wandering adventurers the Sherley brothers, Laurie Ellinghausen sheds new light on the construction of the early modern renegade and its depiction in English prose, poetry, and drama during a period of capitalist expansion. Unlike previous scholarship which has focused heavily on positioning rogue behaviour within the dialogue of race, gender, religion, and nationalism, Pirates, Traitors, and Apostates: Renegade Identities in Early Modern England shows how domestic issues of class and occupation exerted a major influence on representations of renegades, and heightened their appeal to the diverse audiences of early modern England. By looking at renegade tales from this perspective, Ellinghausen reveals a renegade, who, despite being stigmatized as an outsider, becomes a major profiteer during the period of early expansion, and ultimately a key figure in the creation of a national English identity.
Book Synopsis The Lives & Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Rogues and Murderers by : Stephen Basdeo
Download or read book The Lives & Exploits of the Most Noted Highwaymen, Rogues and Murderers written by Stephen Basdeo and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating historical survey of the world’s most infamous outlaws. For as long as human societies have existed there have always been people who have transgressed the laws of their respective societies. It seems that whenever new laws are made, certain people find ways to break them. This book will introduce you to some of the most notorious figures, from all parts of the world, who have committed heinous crimes such as highway robbery, murder, and forgery. Beginning with Bulla Felix, the Roman highwayman, this book traces the careers of medieval outlaws such as Robin Hood and Adam Bell. Early modern murderers also make an appearance, such as Sawney Beane, whose story inspired the cult horror movie The Hills Have Eyes. Learn also about the crimes and daring escapes of Jack Sheppard, an eighteenth-century criminal who escaped from prison on several occasions, and find out if the “gentlemanly” highwayman Dick Turpin was truly a gentleman. This book also includes an appendix of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century thieves’ cant, as well as several historical poems, songs, and ballads relating to the subjects discussed, and the work is prefaced with an essay highlighting the significance of crime literature throughout history.
Book Synopsis The Thief-Taker Hangings by : Aaron Skirboll
Download or read book The Thief-Taker Hangings written by Aaron Skirboll and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Glorious Revolution, a not so glorious age of lawlessness befell England. Crime ran rampant, and highwaymen, thieves, and prostitutes ruled the land. Execution by hanging often punished the smallest infractions, and rip-roaring stories of fearless criminals proliferated, giving birth to a new medium: the newspaper. In 1724, housebreaker Jack Sheppard—a “pocket Hercules,” his small frame packed with muscle—finally met the hangman. Street singers sang ballads about the Cockney burglar because no prison could hold him. Each more astonishing than the last, his final jailbreak took him through six successive locked rooms, after which he shimmied down two blankets from the prison roof to the street below. Just before Sheppard swung, he gave an account of his life to a writer in the crowd. Daniel Defoe stood in the shadow of the day’s literati—Swift, Pope, Gay—and had done hard time himself for sedition and bankruptcy. He saw how prison corrupted the poor. They came out thieves, but he came out a journalist. Six months later, the author of Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders covered another death at the hanging tree. Jonathan Wild looked every bit the brute—body covered in scars from dagger, sword, and gun, bald head patched with silver plates from a fractured skull—and he had all but invented the double-cross. He cultivated young thieves, profited from their work, then turned them in for his reward—and their execution. But one man refused to play his game. Sheppard didn’t take orders from this self-proclaimed “thief-taker general,” nor would he hawk his loot through Wild’s fences. The two-faced bounty hunter took it personally and helped bring the young burglar’s life to an end. But when Wild’s charade came to light, he quickly became the most despised man in the land. When he was hanged for his own crimes, the mob wasn’t rooting for Wild as it had for Sheppard. Instead, they hurled stones, rotten food, and even dead animals at him. Defoe once again got the scoop, and tabloid journalism as we know it had begun.
Book Synopsis S-Zypaeus. 1878 by : Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Download or read book S-Zypaeus. 1878 written by Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Daniel Defoe by : Paula R. Backscheider
Download or read book Daniel Defoe written by Paula R. Backscheider and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout one of English history's most tumultuous periods, Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) took part in and reported on nearly every major political, religious, and social controversy. This widely acclaimed biography offers a fascinating account of Defoe's remarkable life. Paula Backscheider reveals new information about Defoe's secret career as a double agent, his daring business ventures, his dangerous pen—and his cat-and-mouse games with those who sought to control it. This is the definitive biography of one of eighteenth-century England's most influential figures—and one of the most prolific and widely read authors of all time
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates by : Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates written by Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). Library and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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