2009, ISBN: 10aef498db8d9e6a45c2b169e49e5c44

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Wildside Press, 2009-12-14. Paperback. Used:Good., Wildside Press, 2009-12-14, 0, Berkeley. 2001. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 052022062… Plus…

Wildside Press, 2009-12-14. Paperback. Used:Good., Wildside Press, 2009-12-14, 0, Berkeley. 2001. University Of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0520220625. 346 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Sandy Drooker. keywords: Crime Sociology England History London. FROM THE PUBLISHER - The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case -- filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery -- preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. Peopled with such familiar figures as John Wilkes, King George III, Lord Mansfield, and James Boswell, the story acts as a prism to reveal the hopes, fears, prejudices, and deep anxieties of this period of English capitalism. Above all, the case presents a parable of the 1770s, when London was the center of European finance and national politics, of fashionable life and tell-all journalism, of empire achieved and empire lost. The crime, a hanging offense, came to light with the arrest of identical twin brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, after the former was detained trying to negotiate a forged bond. At their arraignment they both accused Daniel's mistress, Margaret Rudd, of being responsible for the crime. The brothers' trials coincided with the first reports of bloodshed in the American colonies at Lexington and Concord and successfully competed for space in the papers. From March until the following January, people could talk of little other than the fate of the Perreaus and the impending trial of Mrs. Rudd. The participants told wildly different tales and offered strikingly different portraits of themselves. The press was filled with letters from concerned or angry correspondents. The public, deeply divided over who was guilty, was troubled by evidence that suggested not only that fair might be foul, but that it might not be possible to tell which was which. While the decade of the 1770s has most frequently been studied in relation to imperial concerns and their impact upon the political institutions of the day, this book draws a different portrait of the period, making a cause celebre its point of entry. inventory #35048 ISBN: 0520220625., 0, New York: Putnam. Hardcover. Good. Good hardcover. No date. Reprint. Writing on front endpaper. Pages brown, clean text. Brown spots inside cover and on endpapers. Corners rubbed and bent. Pocket sized book. Edges of spine rubbed. Top edges of pages have Gold gilt. 1) Of Kings' Treasures, 2) Of Queens' Gardens, 3) Of the Mystery of Life. Knickerbocker Press. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information., Putnam, 2.5<

ISBN: 10aef498db8d9e6a45c2b169e49e5c44

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Putnam, New York], NOISBN, Good hardcover. No date. Reprint. Writing on front endpaper. Pages brown, clean text. Brown spots inside cover and on endpapers. … Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Putnam, New York], NOISBN, Good hardcover. No date. Reprint. Writing on front endpaper. Pages brown, clean text. Brown spots inside cover and on endpapers. Corners rubbed and bent. Pocket sized book. Edges of spine rubbed. Top edges of pages have Gold gilt. 1) Of Kings' Treasures, 2) Of Queens' Gardens, 3) Of the Mystery of Life. Knickerbocker Press. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.<