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Jonathan Wild

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The real-life Jonathan Wild, gangland godfather and self-styled `Thief-taker General`, controlled much of the London underworld until he was executed for his crimes in 1725. Even during his lifetime his achievements attracted attention; after his death balladeers sang of his exploits, and satirists made connections between his success and the triumph of corruption in high places. Henry Fielding built on these narratives to produce one of the greatest sustained satires in the English language....

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Издательство: Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-954975-7
Объём: 304 страниц
Обложка: мягкая

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