An edition of The life of Richard Palmer better known as Dick Turpin, the notorious highwayman and robber (1839)
The life of Richard Palmer better known as Dick Turpin, the notorious highwayman and robber
including his numerous exploits, adventures, and hair-breadth escapes, trial and execution; with notices of many of his contemporaries
By Miles, Henry Downes
Publish Date
1839
Publisher
Thomas White
Language
eng
Pages
323
Description:
Richard "Dick" Turpin was an eighteenth-century highwayman and horse thief. After shooting a man during a robbery, Turpin rode 60 miles nonstop on his mare Black Bess in order to escape from the law. He was hanged in 1739. During the nineteenth century his story became the inspiration for a number of serialized novels, plays, and songs. Miles's version of the legend was published in London in 1839 by Thomas White. Miles was also the author of a biography of Joseph Grimaldi and several books on sports.
subjects: Fiction, Victorian, crime drama, gothic
People: Richard Palmer, Dick Turpin
Places: London, Lincolnshire
Times: 1739