Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices: Criminal Biographies of the Eighteenth Century

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Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to reproduce a number of these biographies in full.
Not only do these biographies make fascinating reading, they also raise the problem of how to read them as historical documents. The author argues that instead of trying to uncover simple themes, the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415755557

ISBN13:9780415755559

Release Date:May 2014

Publisher:Routledge

Length:236 Pages

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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