{"product_id":"rogues-rakes-and-robbers","title":"Rogues, Rakes and Robbers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-6 font-medium\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"text-20 xl:text-40 mt-2 leading-none\"\u003eA true crime history of Georgian Britain\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Exploring detailed accounts of historic crime is one of the best ways to catch a glimpse of a society and its culture decades and centuries later. Of course, stories of crime and deviance are intriguing in their own right; but through understanding the context in which they were committed, how they were made sense of, and how communities and officials responded to them, we can gain incredible insight into life at that time and place.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 20 October 1799 at Pensieri in Anglesey, a fire breaks out, destroying cart house, corn, haystacks and timber. A young woman is seen running from the scene – but what secrets drove her to set the fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUncover the tales of real-life murders, manslaughters, assaults and arson that took place in Georgian Wales and the borders, which together give us a window onto life for ordinary, common people – whose lives would otherwise be lost from the historical record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom courtship rituals to the value of horses, Georgian attitudes to sex work and insanity, vulnerable adults and fraud, each chapter uses documents from Wales’s Court of Great Sessions to illuminate the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Angela Muir\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian and lecturer specialising in gender, crime and deviance in Wales and England during the long eighteenth century (roughly 1680 to 1830) and its parallels with today. \u003ci\u003eRogues, Rakes and Robbers \u003c\/i\u003eis her first work of narrative non-fiction for a popular audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eDr Angela Muir\u003cbr\u003ePublished January 2027\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e288\u003c\/span\u003e pages\u003cbr\u003e216mm x 138mm\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781837600700\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Calon Books","offers":[{"title":"Dr Angela Muir","offer_id":62657602814033,"sku":"9781837600700","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/6464\/files\/9781837600700_vRfTBTV-original.jpg?v=1789703858","url":"https:\/\/shop.mhnsw.au\/products\/rogues-rakes-and-robbers","provider":"Museums of History NSW","version":"1.0","type":"link"}