Bibliograph

Stand and deliver!, a history of highway robbery, David Brandon

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Stand and deliver!, a history of highway robbery, David Brandon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stand and deliver!

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

David Brandon

Sub title

a history of highway robbery

Summary

Why is the highwayman largely perceived as a romantic, glamorous and gallant figure? How is it that men who were really nothing more than bandits, who were often gratuitously violent, sometimes murderers and rapists as well, have become the swashbuckling heroes of history? To put their roles in context, the book probes into the economic, social and technological factors that at certain times made highway robbery highly lucrative and which help to explain why some of its exponents eventually disappeared from the scene. Finally, the legacy of the highwayman on pub signs, in films and in fiction is discussed. Informative, stimulating and entertaining, from the pen of a true enthusiast, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the dramatic, murky underworld of history

Target audience

adult

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Stand & deliver!

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