Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman by James Sharpe

Dick Turpin: The Myth of the English Highwayman

James Sharpe

272 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history true crime dark informative fast-paced
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Almost everything people know about Dick Turpin and highwaymen is myth. The historical truth is much nastier, more brutal and bloody. As Dick Turpin went to the scaffold in York in 1739 he was determined to look his best. The previous day he had h...

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