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UNINA9910455794503321 |
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Autore |
Andrew Donna T. <1945-> |
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Titolo |
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd [[electronic resource] ] : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London / / Donna T. Andrew and Randall McGowen |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
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0-520-92370-7 |
1-59734-805-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Trials (Forgery) - England - London |
Forgers - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-334) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. To The Hanging Tree -- Two. Alarming Crimes And Unsettling Stories -- Three. The Press And The Case -- Four. Passing Fair -- Five. Fashion And Its Discontents -- Six. Private Credit And Public Confidence -- Seven. Debating The Law -- Eight. Writing Her Life: Mrs. Rudd's Life Stories -- Nine. Mrs. Rudd On Trial -- Ten. "If Innocents Should Suffer" -- Eleven. Looking Back -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case-filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery-preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. Peopled with such familiar figures as John Wilkes, King George III, Lord Mansfield, and James Boswell, this story reveals the deep anxieties of this period of English capitalism. The case acts as a prism that reveals the hopes, fears, and prejudices of that society. Above all, this episode presents a parable of the 1770's, when London was the center of European finance and national politics, of fashionable life and tell-all journalism, of empire achieved and empire lost. The crime, a hanging |
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offense, came to light with the arrest of identical twin brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, after the former was detained trying to negotiate a forged bond. At their arraignment they both accused Daniel's mistress, Margaret Caroline Rudd, of being responsible for the crime. The brothers' trials coincided with the first reports of bloodshed in the American colonies at Lexington and Concord and successfully competed for space in the newspapers. From March until the following January, people could talk of little other than the fate of the Perreau's and the impending trial of Mrs. Rudd. The participants told wildly different tales and offered strikingly different portraits of themselves. The press was filled with letters from concerned or angry correspondents. The public, deeply divided over who was guilty, was troubled by evidence that suggested not only that fair might be foul, but that it might not be possible to decide which was which. While the decade of the 1770's has most frequently been studied in relation to imperial concerns and their impact upon the political institutions of the day, this book draws a different portrait of the period, making a cause célèbre its point of entry. Exhaustively researched and brilliantly presented, it offers both a vivid panorama of London and a gauge for tracking the shifting social currents of the period. |
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UNISALENTO991004060469707536 |
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IAU Colloquium <166th ; 1997 ; Garching bei München, Germany> |
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The local bubble and beyond : proceedings of the IAU Colloquim no. 166, held in Garching, Germany, 21-25 April 1997 / D. Breitschwerdt, M.J. Freyberg, J. Trümper (eds.) |
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Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1998 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxviii, 603 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
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Collana |
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Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 506 |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Breitschwerdt, Dieter |
Freyberg, Michael J. |
Truemper, Joachim |
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Interstellar matter-Observations - Congresses |
Grenz rays-Observations - Congresses |
Astrophysics - Congresses |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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UNINA9910713669503321 |
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Autore |
Focazio Michael J. |
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Titolo |
Documentation of geographic-information-system coverages and data-input files used for analysis of the geohydrology of the Virginia Coastal Plain / / by Michael J. Focazio and Theodore B. Samsel, III |
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Richmond, Virginia : , : U.S. Geological Survey, , 1993 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 53 pages) : maps |
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Water-resources investigations report ; ; 93-4015 |
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Hydrogeology - Virginia - Data processing |
Hydrogeology - Virginia - Atlantic Coast |
Geographic information systems |
Hydrogeology |
Hydrogeology - Data processing |
Virginia |
Virginia Atlantic Coast |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Prepared in cooperation with the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission and the Virginia Water Control Board." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 11). |
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