| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) |
| 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 |
| Analysis |
1770s |
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18th century |
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american revolution |
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bonds |
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british colonies |
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british history |
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capitalism |
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character |
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crime |
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daniel perreau |
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debt |
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economics |
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empire |
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english history |
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finance |
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forgery |
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fraud |
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georgian england |
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hanging |
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james boswell |
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john wilkes |
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journalism |
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king george iii |
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legal trial |
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london |
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lord mansfield |
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margaret rudd |
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mistress |
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national politics |
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nonfiction |
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perreau brothers |
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public character |
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robert perreau |
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scandal |
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sensation journalism |
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stocks |
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trial |
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twins |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Perreau, Daniel, -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Perreau, Robert, -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 1744 or 1745- -- Trials, litigation, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Perreau, Daniel, -1776 fast |
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Perreau, Robert, -1776 fast |
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 1744 or 1745- fast |
| Subject |
Trials (Forgery) -- England -- London
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Forgers -- Great Britain
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- General.
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Forgers
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Trials (Forgery)
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England -- London
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Trial and arbitral proceedings
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Trials, litigation, etc.
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Trial and arbitral proceedings.
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Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McGowen, Randall, 1948-
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| LC no. |
2021696481 |
| ISBN |
9780520923706 |
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0520923707 |
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1597348058 |
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9781597348058 |
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