Dick Turpin: Fact and Fiction

by Jonathan Oates

Why does the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin have such an extraordinary reputation today? How come his criminal career has inspired a profusion of often misleading literature and film? This eighteenth-century villain is often portrayed as a hero - dashing, sinister, romantic, daring, a Robin Hood of his times. The reality, as Jonathan Oates reveals in this perceptive, carefully researched study, was radically different. He was a robber, torturer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399070614
• ISBN13: 9781399070614
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Pen and Sword True Crime
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"