{"product_id":"jack-sheppard","title":"Jack Sheppard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\nIn \u003cem\u003eLondon Labour and the London Poor\u003c\/em\u003e (1861) Henry Mayhew wrote, “Of all books, perhaps none has ever had so baneful effect upon the young mind, taste, and principles” as \u003cem\u003eJack Sheppard\u003c\/em\u003e. An historical novel based on the exploits of John Sheppard, a thief who was executed in 1724, \u003cem\u003eJack Sheppard\u003c\/em\u003e was blamed for inciting working-class crime and vagrancy for decades after its 1839 publication. The fast-paced narrative of Sheppard’s repeated prison escapes and his struggles against the evil thief-catcher Jonathan Wild was immensely popular, as well as controversial, in its own time, and is now available for the first time in a fully annotated edition.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThis Broadview edition includes the original George Cruikshank illustrations, as well as a rich selection of contemporary reviews of the novel and material on the historical Jack Sheppard, Victorian urban street culture, and the novel’s popular theatrical adaptations.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233392136541,"sku":null,"price":34.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781551115917.jpg?v=1792202052","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/jack-sheppard","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}