Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-century England

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Pantheon Books, 1975 - Crime - 352 pages
Explores the contrasts between the genteel, aristocratic side of 18th century British society and criminal elements characterized by raucous public hangings marked by insubordination and riot.

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List of Illustrations and Maps
7
Preface
13
The Tyburn Riot Against the Surgeons
65
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