[PDF] A Complete History Of The Lives And Robberies Of The Most Notorious Highwaymen Footpads Shoplifts And Cheats Of Both Sexes eBook

Author : Alexander Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 20,58 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415286787

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This volume makes available the 1926 reissue of Captain Smith's fifth edition of A Complete History of the Highwaymen. The accounts and confessions are drawn from imprisoned villains who awaited their fate at the gallows.

Author : Captain Alexander Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 113648423X

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A Complete History of the Highwaymen discloses the most secret and barbarous murders, unparalleled robberies, notorious thefts and unheard of cheats, setting them in a true light and exposing them to public view for the common benefit of mankind. The accounts and confessions are drawn from imprisoned villains who awaited their fate at the gallows. This reprint makes available the 1926 reissue of Captain Smith's fifth edition and includes an introduction by Arthur L. Hayward, which sets the accounts in the appropriate historical context.

Author : ANONYMOUS.
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
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ISBN : 9781385531440

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T097129 First published in 1714 as 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'. A third volume was issued in 1720 with the title: 'The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by the most notoriou London: printed for Sam Briscoe, and sold by A. Dodd, 1719. 2v., plates; 12°

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
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ISBN : 9781385531433

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T097129 First published in 1714 as 'The history of the lives of the most noted highway-men'. A third volume was issued in 1720 with the title: 'The third volume of the compleat history of the lives, robberies, piracies, and murders committed by the most notoriou London: printed for Sam Briscoe, and sold by A. Dodd, 1719. 2v., plates; 12°