Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld by Lucy Moore

Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld

Lucy Moore

299 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction historical history true crime informative slow-paced
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This enthralling collection takes readers deep into the murky underworld of eighteenth-century England, bringing it to life in the racy idiomatic language of the time through memoirs, newspaper articles, satires, and ballads. The historical writin...

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