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"Dee-li-cious!!! Immensely readable, this delectable true-crime story of eighteenth-century forgery, deceit, and ambition casts light on a wide range of socially significant sites, from the credit market to the world of fashion, from the law court to the imperial stage. "The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd is a tour de force of historical scholarship, and it's an engrossing story as well."--Mary Poovey, author of "A History of the Modern Fact: Problems of Knowledge in the Sciences of Wealth and Society
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Book Description Condition: New. The remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trial of O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. The authors offer both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shift. Seller Inventory # 594721340