text: Thief Taker General, Rise and Fall of Johnathan Wild by Howsen Gerald: St Martin's Press Hard Cover - B & J Books
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  Thief Taker General, Rise and Fall of Johnathan Wild
  Howsen Gerald
  Published by St Martin's Press, 1970
  Cover has one tear on back. Book tight and good condition, no marks. Boards excellent, red cloth gold lettering. This is a facinating look at a period not well known in English history, before Scotland yard in the early 1700s they paid people by the head to catch criminalsn the most well known was Johnathan Wild, except he had a secret, he controlled most of the criminal activity in London, This book is a page turner, and true. Bookseller Inventory # 000288