Con Men And Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld - Tapa blanda

A collection of historical writings about 18th-century roguery, criminality and skull-duggery. Lucy Moore's selection features a diverse gallery of criminals ranging from infamous thieves and murderers, whores and highwaymen, pirates and fraudsters. With extracts from popular journalism, such as The Newgate Calender, and biographical accounts, this book presents the 18th-century criminal underworld in the racy idiomatic language of the time.

Lucy Moore is a freelance historian. She is the author of The Thieves' Opera and a biography of Lord Hervey, Amphibious Thing (Sept 2000). She is currently working on a biography of Richard II for Viking.