Buy this book on-line Daniel Defoe : A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John SheppardJohn Applebee (1724)., London
Privately Printed By ARC for Private Libraries. Giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate. Jack Sheppard was a notorious English robber, burglar and thief of early 18th-century London. Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723, with little more than a year of his training to complete. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes. Ultimately, he was caught, convicted, and hanged at Tyburn, ending his brief criminal career after less than two years. The inability of the notorious "Thief-Taker General" Jonathan Wild to control Sheppard, and injuries suffered by Wild at the hands of Sheppard's colleague, Joseph "Blueskin" Blake, led to Wild's downfall. Limited to 135 numbered copies, this being No. 42.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Card Covers Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Daniel Defoe : A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, livres rares, out of print books, collectables and fine bindings. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |