The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London / Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen.
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- 9780520923706
- 0520923707
- 1597348058
- 9781597348058
- Perreau, Daniel, -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Perreau, Robert, -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 1744 or 1745- -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Perreau, Daniel, -1776
- Perreau, Robert, -1776
- Rudd, Margaret Caroline, 1744 or 1745-
- Trials (Forgery) -- England -- London
- Forgers -- Great Britain
- Procès (Faux) -- Angleterre -- Londres
- Faussaires -- Grande-Bretagne
- LAW -- Criminal Law -- General
- HISTORY -- Europe -- General
- Forgers
- Trials (Forgery)
- England -- London
- Great Britain
- 345.42/0263 21
- KD372.P47
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-334) and index.
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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
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.
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