Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England [1 ed.] 0394730852

Illuminates the nature and social significance of crime in eighteenth-century England and reveals attitudes toward publi

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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England [1 ed.]
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