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'The funniest book of the year, and quite possibly of all time' Francis Wheen, Mail on Sunday Everyone loves a rogue. Take Louis de Rougemont, pearl diver, alligator hunter and King of the Cannibals, who was allegedly shipwrecked off the coast of New Guinea and survived by clinging to the tail of the ship's dog. Or Archbishop Lancelot Blackburne, who tired of waiting for heavenly rewards and became a swashbuckling pirate, rumoured to have employed Dick Turpin as his butler. From assassins and arsonists to hell-raisers and highwaymen, plus an array of poisoners, strumpets, quacks, and forgers, BREWER'S, ROGUES, VILLAINS and ECCENTRICS is a hugely entertaining miscellany of bizarre Britons through the ages. Including the famous, infamous and downright dangerous, you couldn't ask for a better gallery of Britain's most outrageous characters.Product Identifiers
PublisherCassell Guides
ISBN-100753817918
ISBN-139780753817919
eBay Product ID (ePID)91820795
Product Key Features
Number of Pages704 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameRogues Villains and Eccentrics : an Arizona of Roguish Britons Through the Ages
SubjectGeneral, Curiosities & Wonders, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2004
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, Référence, Social Science
AuthorWilliam Donaldson
FormatBook, Trade Paperback, Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight21.8 oz.
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in