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" The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : "
Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen.
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BL
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989444
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b743814
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| Main Entry
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Andrew, Donna T.,1945-
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The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London /\ Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen.
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Berkeley :: University of California Press,, ©2001.
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1 online resource (xii, 346 pages) :: map, portraits
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0520923707
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: 1597348058
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: 9780520923706
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: 9781597348058
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0520220625
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9780520220621
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-334) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: To the Hanging Tree; Two: Alarming Crimes and Unsettling Stories; Three: The Press and the Case; Four: Passing Fair; Five: Passion and Its Discontents; Six: Private Credit and Public Confidence; Seven: Debating the Law; Eight: Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's LIfe Stories; Nine: Mrs. Rudd on Trial; Ten "If Innocents Should Suffer"; Eleven: Looking Back; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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This is the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. The Perreau-Rudd case preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. The authors offer a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents.
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Perreau, Daniel,-1776
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Perreau, Robert,-1776
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline,1744 or 1745-
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Perreau, Daniel,-1776.
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Perreau, Robert,-1776.
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Rudd, Margaret Caroline,1744 or 1745-
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Forgers-- Great Britain.
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Trials (Forgery)-- England-- London.
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Forgers.
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HISTORY-- Europe-- General.
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LAW-- Criminal Law-- General.
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Trials (Forgery)
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England, London.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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345.42/0263
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KD372.P47A53 2001eb
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McGowen, Randall,1948-
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