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Albion's fatal tree:

crime and society in eighteenth-century England
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Pantheon Books, 1975 - History - 352 pages
Illuminates the nature and social significance of crime in eighteenth-century England and reveals attitudes toward public hangings in London. Bibliogs

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Review: Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

User Review  - Shelley - Goodreads

This book is a reprint of some very important essays in the legal and social history of the 18th century. They range from wrecking law to anonymous letters to smuggling to surgeons' riots. If you dig ... Read full review

Review: Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

User Review  - Richard Spilman - Goodreads

My favorite history of the bizarre eighteenth century attitude toward crime in England. We all "know" that tens of thousands of people must have been executed during the eighteenth century, since ... Read full review

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Property Authority and the Criminal Law 77
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The Tyburn Riot Against the Surgeons
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