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The Lives of the English Rakes
Author(s): Linnane, Fergus
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Portrait |
| Publication Year: | 2006 |
| Publication Place: | UK |
| ISBN: | 9780749950965 |
| Book ID: | 000211 |
| Catalogue(s): | History - British |
First edition. 342pp plus 16pp monochrome plate illustrations. Orange cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. 8vo. Hint of page tanning, else fine. Dust jacket has slight wrinkles around lower corners. An accessible and joyously readable, account of the lives and exploits of some of the most notorious rakes of English Society from the court of Charles II, through the Hell-fire Club and the depraved Rape-Master General of Britain, Colonel Charteris, to the Victorian era.
Keywords:
Rakes
Rogues
Hell Fire Club
