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The thieves' opera : the remarkable lives and deaths of Jonathan Wild, thief-taker, and Jack Sheppard, house-breaker

This is the fascinating story of 2 men, Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard, who were as infamous in their time as Dick Turpin, and the criminal underworld of early 18th century London which they inhabited.

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  • "Riveting true story of 18th-century London's most notorious and active criminals"
  • "True story of 18th century London's most notorious and active criminals"@en
  • "True story of 18th century London's most notorious and active criminals"
  • "Riveting true story of 18th century London's most notorious and active criminals"@en
  • "Riveting true story of 18th century London's most notorious and active criminals"

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  • "This is the fascinating story of 2 men, Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard, who were as infamous in their time as Dick Turpin, and the criminal underworld of early 18th century London which they inhabited."@en
  • "Moore writes this dramatic biography of two notorious criminals in eighteenth-century London. Jonathan Wild is an underworld lord whose chief pursuit is selling goods back to their rightful owners when he himself just stole them, and Jack Sheppard is the petty thief who refuses to work for him. When Wild has Sheppard imprisoned and Sheppard uncannily escapes, the event sets up a folk-hero tale between two thieves which captivates the poorer side of Georgian London."
  • ""Georgian London was a city of extraordinary contrast: its elegance and refinement thrived amid appalling filth and foul smells, decadence and depravity. Crime was everywhere, from pickpockets and prostitutes to murderous highwaymen, as London bulged with riches from its overseas colonies. The Thieves' Opera is the story of the city, and of its two greatest criminals, Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard. Wild, whose excesses led to his being known as "Thief-taker General," dominated London's criminal world. And Sheppard spent his time drinking, gambling, housebreaking, and whoring. When Sheppard refused to bow to Wild's authority, Wild had him arrested. But Sheppard's extraordinary ability to escape from prison-repeatedly-made him a celebrated folk hero. Eventually the rivalry spiraled to a dramatic climax involving the entire city. An eminently readable blend of popular history and scholarship, this book is a fascinating window into a world that confounds the modern imagination"--Publisher description."

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