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Jonathan Wild: Mob Boss Kindle Edition

by Paul A. Scanlon (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The 18th century has just begun and, with it, a new type of criminal appears on the scene, commonly known as thief-takers.

In this London underworld, Jonathan Wild creates an empire that challenges the social and economic fabric and norms of Georgian society. Having failed as a button-maker, Wild ends up in debtors’ prison and there learns the art of crime.

Upon release, he turns to the fencing of goods and brothel-keeping, rapidly expanding his activities to include robbery, blackmail, extortion and the running of contraband—eventually becoming England’s first mob boss.

This is a compelling tale of overreaching ambition, greed and treachery, love and betrayal. Both an historical account and a romantic adventure, and a salutary warning to those who would defy the authority of the British Crown.

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About the Author

Paul Scanlon was educated in Canada, the United States and Ireland, receiving a doctorate in literature from Trinity College, Dublin. He taught in various universities in different parts of the world, including Canada, the West Indies, Africa, Japan and the Middle East, and held chairs and deanships in several of them. His books and articles focus on South African writing, Elizabethan prose fiction and the eighteenth-century novel, co-editing a two-volume anthology with Dr. Adrian Roscoe on early popular literature in England. Based on his teaching and studies over the years, he has more recently written two historical novels: The Princess is no Lady, which follows the career of the 'German Princess, ' and the present one featuring England's most infamous thief-taker. Along with his wife Marit, he now lives in Ajijic on the shores of Lake Chapala, Mexico.