The Life of a Smuggler

by Helen Hollick

'Brandy for the parson, baccy for the clerk...'We have an image, mostly from movies and novels, of a tall ship riding gently at anchor in a moonlit, secluded bay with the 'Gentleman' cheerfully hauling kegs of brandy and tobacco ashore, then disappearing silently into the night shadows to hide their contraband from the excise men in a dark cave or a secret cellar.But how much of the popular idea is fact and how much is fiction?Smuggling was big business...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526727137
• ISBN13: 9781526727138
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Pen and Sword History
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"