The Life, Trials and Dying Words of the Two Unfortunate Twin Brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, Who Was [sic] Executed on Wednesday, January 17th, 1776, at Tyburn

The Life, Trials and Dying Words of the Two Unfortunate Twin Brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, Who Was [sic] Executed on Wednesday, January 17th, 1776, at Tyburn
Author: Multiple Contributors
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2018-04-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781385897621

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T223708 'The genuine trial of Mrs. Marg. Caroline Rudd' has a separate titlepage, pagination and register. The bookseller's name is fictitious. London: printed for F. Foresight, [1776]. 28;28p., plate; 8°

The Smart

The Smart
Author: Sarah Bakewell
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2011-06-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1446483673

The Smart is a true drama of eighteenth-century life with a mercurial, mysterious heroine. Caroline is a young Irishwoman who runs off to marry a soldier, comes to London and slides into a glamorous life as a high-class prostitute, a great risk-taker, possessing a mesmerising appeal. In the early 1770s, she becomes involved with the intriguing Perreau twins, identical in looks but opposite in character, one a sober merchant, the other a raffish gambler. They begin forging bonds, living in increasing luxury until everything collapses like a house of cards - and forgery is a capital offence. A brilliantly researched and marvellously evocative history, The Smart is full of the life of London streets and shots through with enduring themes - sex, money, death and fame. It bridges the gap between aristocracy and underworld as eighteenth-century society is drawn into the most scandalous financial sting of the age.

The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd

The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd
Author: Donna T. Andrew
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2001-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520220625

Revealing the deep anxieties of a period of English capitalism, this history tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. 19 photos.