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The remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trial of O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. The authors offer both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents of the period.

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. To the Hanging Tree 2. Alarming Crimes and Unsettling Stories 3. The Press and the Case 4. Passing Fair 5. Fashion and Its Discontents 6. Private Credit and Public Confidence 7. Debating the Law 8. Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's Life Stories 9. Mrs. Rudd on Trial 10. "If Innocents Should Suffer" 11. Looking Back Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520220621, 978-0520220621
      ISBN10: 0520220625

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trial of O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. The authors offer both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents of the period.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1. To the Hanging Tree 2. Alarming Crimes and Unsettling Stories 3. The Press and the Case 4. Passing Fair 5. Fashion and Its Discontents 6. Private Credit and Public Confidence 7. Debating the Law 8. Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's Life Stories 9. Mrs. Rudd on Trial 10. "If Innocents Should Suffer" 11. Looking Back Epilogue Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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