{"product_id":"rogues-rakes-and-robbers-by-angela-muir-9781837600700","title":"Rogues, Rakes and Robbers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring detailed accounts of historic crime is one of the best ways to catch a glimpse of a society and its culture decades and centuries later. Of course, stories of crime and deviance are intriguing in their own right; but through understanding the context in which they were committed, how they were made sense of, and how communities and officials responded to them, we can gain incredible insight into life at that time and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn 20 October 1799 at Pensieri in Anglesey, a fire breaks out, destroying a cart house, corn, haystacks and timber. A young woman is seen running from the scene, but what secrets drove her to set the fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUncover the tales of real-life murders, manslaughters, assaults and arson that took place in Georgian Wales and the borders, which together give us a window onto life for ordinary, common people whose lives would otherwise be lost from the historical record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom courtship rituals to the value of horses, Georgian attitudes to sex work and insanity, vulnerable adults and fraud, each chapter in \u003cem\u003eRogues, Rakes and Robbers\u003c\/em\u003e uses documents from Wales's Court of Great Sessions to illuminate the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47910626033900,"sku":"9781837600700","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837600700-rogues-rakes-and-robbers.jpg?v=1783649135","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/rogues-rakes-and-robbers-by-angela-muir-9781837600700","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}