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Hardcover Jonathan Wild and Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon Book

ISBN: 0460008773

ISBN13: 9780460008778

Jonathan Wild and Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon

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The real-life Jonathan Wild, gangland godfather and self-styled 'Thief-taker General', controlled much of the London underworld until he was executed for his crimes in 1725. Even during his lifetime his achievements attracted attention; after his death balladeers sang of his exploits, and satirists made connections between his success and the triumph of corruption in high places. Henry Fielding built on these narratives to produce one of the greatest...

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