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Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild

Door Daniel Defoe e.a.

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#348804-VD31
Titel	Defoe on Sheppard and Wild: The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild
Auteur	Defoe, Daniel & Richard Holmes (editor)
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Harper Perrenial
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	0007111681
ISBN13	9780007111688
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Part of the outstanding biographical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive. Part of the outstanding biographical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive. In this pioneering series, Richard Holmes, the world's leading Romantic biographer, sets out to recover the great forgotten tradition of English biographical writing. 'I have had no time for dusty tomes,' writes Holmes, 'I have looked for brevity, intelligence and style. Above all, I have sought out great biographical ... (Lees verder)writers: biographers with passion, biographers who have found a way to the heart and soul of a memorable subject.' Jack Sheppard was an 18th-century Houdini – a handsome young escape artist who broke out of his cell on Newgate's grim Death Row three times. Jonathan Wild was the infamous Thief-Taker General who helped to recapture him and many other criminals, only to be tried and executed himself for racketeering, among scenes of mayhem at Tyburn. Daniel Defoe, the master of adventure fiction, was fascinated by 'True Confessions' and the workings of the criminal personality (including its daring, its stoicism and its humour). He was the first to retell these stories, based on personal interviews in Newgate, which also include a thrilling (sometimes hour by hour) reconstruction of events.
Pagina's	122
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 6,00

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