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... Wild's organization was to flourish ideally every accomplished professional thief in London must belong to it . There must be no colourful outsiders to ... WILD J ONATHAN WILD'S father like Jack Sheppard's was Alone in the World 113.
... Wild's organization was to flourish ideally every accomplished professional thief in London must belong to it . There must be no colourful outsiders to ... WILD J ONATHAN WILD'S father like Jack Sheppard's was Alone in the World 113.
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... Wild to take it up . It was also for a man of Wild's temperament a congenial occupation . No one knew better than he how to handle a man hunt and no one enjoyed one more . His methods are effectively illustrated by his determined ...
... Wild to take it up . It was also for a man of Wild's temperament a congenial occupation . No one knew better than he how to handle a man hunt and no one enjoyed one more . His methods are effectively illustrated by his determined ...
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... Wild's plaited muslin stock . He said that " he should be hang'd with Pleasure if Wilde did but die before him [ and ] that he was fully determin'd to murder him ; and that his Intention was to have cut off his Head , and thrown it into ...
... Wild's plaited muslin stock . He said that " he should be hang'd with Pleasure if Wilde did but die before him [ and ] that he was fully determin'd to murder him ; and that his Intention was to have cut off his Head , and thrown it into ...
Contents
THE LEGEND | 15 |
THE BACKGROUND | 20 |
BOYHOOD AND APPRENTICESHIP | 42 |
Copyright | |
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The Road to Tyburn: The Story of Jack Sheppard and the Eighteenth Century ... Christopher Hibbert No preview available - 2001 |
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