Jack Sheppard: A Romance
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel) Release date is 2005-07-06
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"Jack Sheppard: A Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical novel serially published from 1839 to 1840. Based on the life of an actual 18th-century London criminal, this Newgate novel follows young Jack Sheppard from infancy through his fate as a notorious thief. Manipulated by the vicious thief-catcher Jonathan Wild—who destroyed his father—Sheppard becomes infamous for his daring prison escapes and robberies. The tale weaves together crime, corruption, and the question of whether redemption is possible for a man caught in London's brutal underworld. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
England -- Fiction Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724 -- Fiction Thieves -- Fiction
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Jack Sheppard: A Romance - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel) Release date is 2005-07-06
Produced by Jason Isbell, Ben Beasley and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Produced by Jason Isbell, Ben Beasley and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
"Jack Sheppard: A Romance" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a historical novel serially published from 1839 to 1840. Based on the life of an actual 18th-century London criminal, this Newgate novel follows young Jack Sheppard from infancy through his fate as a notorious thief. Manipulated by the vicious thief-catcher Jonathan Wild—who destroyed his father—Sheppard becomes infamous for his daring prison escapes and robberies. The tale weaves together crime, corruption, and the question of whether redemption is possible for a man caught in London's brutal underworld. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
England -- Fiction Sheppard, Jack, 1702-1724 -- Fiction Thieves -- Fiction
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