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    The History Of The Remarkable Life Of John Sheppard Containing A Particular Account Of His Many Robberies And Escapes: CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF HIS MANY ROBBERIES AND ESCAPES
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    The History Of The Remarkable Life Of John Sheppard Containing A Particular Account Of His Many Robberies And Escapes: CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF HIS MANY ROBBERIES AND ESCAPES

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    A particular Account of his rescuing his pretended Wife from St. Giles's Round House. Of the wonderful Escape himself made from the said Round-House. Of the miraculous Escape he and his said pretended Wife made together from New-Prison, on the 25th of May last. Of his surprizing Escape from the Condemn'd Hold of Newgate on the 31st of August: Together with the true manner of his being retaken; and of his Behaviour in Newgate, till the most astonishing, and never to be forgotten Escape he made from thence, in the Night of the 15th of October. The Whole taken from the most authentick Accounts, as the Informations of divers Justices of the Peace, the several Shop-keepers above-mentioned, the principal Officers of Newgate and New Prison, and from the Confession of Sheppard made to the Rev. Mr. Wagstaff, who officiated for the Ordinary at Newgate.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherClassic Crime
    Release dateFeb 13, 2018
    ISBN9788827568040
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    Daniel Defoe

    English author Daniel Defoe was at times a trader, political activist, criminal, spy and writer, and is considered to be one of England’s first journalists. A prolific writer, Defoe is known to have used at least 198 pen names over the course of a career in which he produced more than five hundred written works. Defoe is best-known for his novels detailing the adventures of the castaway Robinson Crusoe, which helped establish and popularize the novel in eighteenth century England. In addition to Robinson Crusoe, Defoe penned other famous works including Captain Singleton, A Journal of the Plague Year, Captain Jack, Moll Flanders and Roxana. Defoe died in 1731.

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