KNAVES AND FOOLS

Hardback. Crime and fraud in England down the ages, featuring murderers, forgers, bigamists, imposters and hoaxers; some of them just plain fools, others ruthless criminals. Chapter headings include : Napoleon's Death and the Stock Exchange, The Cock Lane Ghost, "The Times" and the Bankers", The Dean who Arranged a Murder, The Joker of Chelsea, The Bishop and the French Priest, Anne Walton's Murderer, Alexander Alexander etc., etc. With Frontis. 240pp. 8vo. h/back. F. in Vg+ protected pcdw.