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Mayhem: Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748-53 by Nicholas Rogers

The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History

Mayhem: Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748-53

Nicholas Rogers

272 pages hardcover 2013

1 edition

nonfiction history true crime
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After the end of the War of Austrian Succession in 1748, thousands of unemployed and sometimes unemployable soldiers and seamen found themselves on the streets of London ready to roister the town and steal when necessary. In this fascinating book ...

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