| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: To the Hanging Tree; Two: Alarming Crimes and Unsettling Stories; Three: The Press and the Case; Four: Passing Fair; Five: Passion and Its Discontents; Six: Private Credit and Public Confidence; Seven: Debating the Law; Eight: Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's LIfe Stories; Nine: Mrs. Rudd on Trial; Ten "If Innocents Should Suffer"; Eleven: Looking Back; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This is the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. The Perreau-Rudd case preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. The authors offer a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Perreau, Daniel, -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Perreau, Daniel, -1776. |
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Subject |
Perreau, Robert, -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Perreau, Robert, -1776. |
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 1744 or 1745- -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 1744 or 1745- |
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Trials (Forgery) -- England -- London.
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Trials (Forgery) |
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England -- London. |
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Forgers -- Great Britain.
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Forgers. |
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General. |
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Great Britain. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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| Added Author |
McGowen, Randall, 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd Berkeley: University of California Press, c2001. 0520220625 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 00066655 |
| ISBN |
9780520923706 ebook |
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0520923707 |
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0520220625 cloth alkaline paper |
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1597348058 |
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9781597348058 |
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9780520220621 |
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