The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard
- Authors
- Defoe, Daniel
- Publisher
- Auk Academic
- Tags
- escape , crime , 18th century , break , london , history , criminal , prison , jack sheppard
- ISBN
- 9781781669204
- Date
- 1724-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.17 MB
- Lang
- en
A fascinating look at the life of the notorious criminal John 'Jack' Sheppard, the original 'Jack the Lad', believed to have been ghostwritten by the author of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe. Sheppard was active in early 18th century London, and became famous for escaping from jail no less than four times.