Gentlemen & Blackguards: Gambling Mania and the Plot to Steal the Derby of 1844

by Nicholas Foulkes

An incredible slice of Victorian social history, complete with aristocratic extravagance, rogues and rascals, obsession, dueling, suicide, and?murder ? In the early 19th century, gambling was a grave... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753824752
• ISBN13: 9780753824757
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Phoenix
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.7"