Picturesque rogues : a chronicle of the lives and adventures of a diversity of rogues in which will be found something of the romantic, something of the picturesque, and occasionally something of the saving grace of humour /
Hadfield, Robert L.
London : H.F. & G. Witherby,
1931.
Includes index.
"A literary Hoaxer" George Psalmanazar -- "The proest who became a Pasha" Abbé de Vateville -- "A boulevard Bravado" Poulailler -- "Munchausen" Rodolphe Raspe -- "The 'fake' play" William Ireland -- "The brotherhood of St. Paul" Cossa, the Sardinian -- "The pirate with principles" Captain Misson -- "Germany's Dick Turpin" John Buckler -- "The last of the highwaymen" Jerry Abershaw -- "The man who would not be guillotined" Claude Montcharmont -- "A blue-eyed bandit" Henry Plummer -- "Billy the kid" William Bonney -- "The stolen ship" Walker and Smith -- "The fascinating murderer" George Smith -- "The wrecker" Tomlinson -- "Arctic artfulness" Dr. Cook -- "The 'flim-flammer'" Charles Weiss.
Rogues and vagabonds.
Crime.
Criminals.