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Crisp, colourful and possessed of appropriately large quantities of dash. (Sunday Telegraph)

A marvellous tale ... James Sharpe clearly knows his stuff. (Literary Review)

A well-written and extremely interesting book. (Daily Telegraph)

An engaging work of social history. (The Times)

He captures the life and times of Turpin perfectly, and finds something of interest in every character involved. (New Statesman)

An entertaining account of Turpin's life. (Sunday Telegraph)
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This is a masterly biography of one of Britain's best-known criminals - who was this notorious highwayman and why did he become so famous? It is also an examination of the cult of the highwayman, of crime in the 18th century and the treatment of criminals. In the absence of any police force how were crimes solved? Who did the detective work? And did the criminals get a fair trial - an important question if you were going to hang from the neck for a relatively minor misdemeanour. Was there a criminal underclass and did people really live in terror of going on the roads at night. Looking at the underbelly of society and the nastier aspects of life that many historians ignore, James Sharpe creates a vivid picture of life on the edges in eighteenth century Britain.

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  • PublisherProfile Books
  • Publication date2005
  • ISBN 10 1861974183
  • ISBN 13 9781861974181
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages272
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