Dick Turpin : The Myth of the English Highwayman (Hardcover)

from waltzmn

The legend about Dick Turpin is long. The truth is short. This book includes almost all of the latter. Living as he did in the eighteenth century, it isn't easy to dig up much real information. James Sharpe has done a fine job both of locating it and of sifting it -- for sift it we must; there wa...

from nicky_too

The only think I knew about Dick Turpin was the 1979 tv series. :-) Enough reason to pick up this book, though. It's a good read, pretty easy to follow. James Sharpe does provide a lot of background info (also about the myth and the history of crime in 17th and 18th century England), but it doesn...

from tina1969

Almost everything people know about Dick Turpin and highwaymen is myth. The historical truth is much nastier, more brutal and bloody. As Dick Turpin went to the scaffold in York in 1739 he was determined to look his best. The previous day he had had a new frock coat and pumps delivered to him in ...