| A General History of the Lives, Murders and Adventures of the Most Notorious Rogues Contributor(s): Johnson, Captain Charles (Author), Willis, Sam (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0712353399 ISBN-13: 9780712353397 Publisher: British Library OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Heists & Robberies - True Crime | Historical |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.75 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Buoyed by the runaway success of his bestselling A General History of the Pirates (1724), Captain Charles Johnson went on to publish a much-expanded edition of the work to include a further 80 accounts of some of the most extraordinary British criminals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries entitled A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Pirates, Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c. (1734). He added further pirate biographies but expanded the cast to include a ferocious band of ruthless and vicious highwaymen, murderers, and wider criminals. Originally published in folio size complete with fine engravings, this new collection of rogues includes the very best of these original decorative plates but also presents a series of related illustrations, playbills, and portraits from the British Library collections. |