Perreaus and mrs. rudd, the: forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century london
Auteur :
Andrew, Donna T. / McGowen, Randall
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520220621
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2001
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
680 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trial of O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. The authors offer both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents of the period.