Stand and Deliver"Stand and Deliver" is the amazing story of Robin Hood, Dick Turpin Sixteen String Jack, Jonathan Wild and the many other highwaymen of English history. ... From Claude DuVall, who was as famous for his success with English ladies as for this thievery, to Galloping Dick Ferguson, who was as admired for his equestrian abilities as he was feared as a highman, Pringle gives us the men as they lived, .... [b]y relying on first hand contemporary sources such as newspaper articles of the day and the journals of prison chaplains, .... -- Jacket flaps |
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Chapter Page INTRODUCTION | 7 |
Pob n I THE FATHER OF HIGHWAYMEN | 13 |
THE MAN FROM DUNSTABLE | 16 |
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