Jonathan Wild

Name: Jonathan Wild
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The History of the Life of the Lake Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great

Автор: Henry Fielding

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Wildside Press

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Jonathan Wild (1682 or 1683 - 1725) was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sid...

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Автор

Henry Fielding

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2016

страници

198

EAN

9781479424122

ISBN

1479424129

Enbook ID

15560370

Издател

Wildside Press

Теглоt

295

Размери

152 x 229 x 11

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Jonathan Wild (1682 or 1683 - 1725) was a London underworld figure notable for operating on both sides of the law, posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the "Thief-Taker General." He exploited a strong public demand for action during a major London crime wave in the absence of any effective police force. As a powerful gang-leader himself, he became a master manipulator of legal systems, collecting rewards offered for valuables which he had stolen himself, bribing prison-guards to release his colleagues, and blackmailing any who crossed him. He was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. Wild was featured in novels, poems, and plays, some of them noting parallels between Wild and the contemporaneous Prime Minister Walpole (who was known as "The Great Corrupter"). Among the most famous recountings of his life is the one by Henry Fielding, which is notable as a classic satire and ranked among Fielding's best works. This edition includes an introduction by Dr. G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D., of Harvard University.

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