Extracts from The New and Complete Newgate Calendar Vol. 1

By Jackson, William

Book Id: WPLBN0002950416
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File Size: 191.12 MB
Reproduction Date: 2009

Title:	Extracts from The New and Complete Newgate Calendar Vol. 1
Author:	Jackson, William
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, History
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Extracts from The New and Complete Newgate Calendar Vol. 1
Historic Publication Date:	1795
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Jackson, B. W. (1795). Extracts from The New and Complete Newgate Calendar Vol. 1. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons accused and the crimes committed. It is primarily based upon contemporary newspaper and pamphlet accounts of these trials. Where the criminal is particularly well known, such as the highwayman, burglar and escape artist Jack Sheppard, other sources were used as well. The readings used here are selected to illustrate different aspects of the eighteenth century criminal world and the British legal system.(Summary by Roy Shreiber)

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