Book of Scoundrels
Author: first_name: Charles
last_name: Whibley
Language: English
Year: 1897

An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of thieves, Jonathan Wild the Thief-taker General, Captain Hind the gallant highwayman and many others. The book begins with an essay on the artistic achievements of thievery followed by a sequence of short biographies.    Summary by Greg Lewin