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Presenting the Hall of Shame! Both entertaining and indiscreet, this dictionary of callous cads introduces a host of wildly colorful characters. Here are assassins and arsonists, hangmen and horse thieves, hell-raisers and highwaymen, not to mention an array of poisoners, quacks, and forgers. Meet Ronald Biggs, one of the participants of the Great Train Robby, and Julie Amiri, a thief who found being detained by policemen...very exciting. There's enough degradation, depravity, and dottiness to delight anyone. A Selection of the Readers Subscription Book Club .
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Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics, William Donaldson
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Donaldson
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0304357286
- ISBN13
- 9780304357284
- Series
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
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- Presenting the Hall of Shame! Both entertaining and indiscreet, this dictionary of callous cads introduces a host of wildly colorful characters. Here are assassins and arsonists, hangmen and horse thieves, hell-raisers and highwaymen, not to mention an array of poisoners, quacks, and forgers. Meet Ronald Biggs, one of the participants of the Great Train Robby, and Julie Amiri, a thief who found being detained by policemen...very exciting. There's enough degradation, depravity, and dottiness to delight anyone. A Selection of the Readers Subscription Book Club .