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Smugglers and Smuggling: in Britain, 1700-1850 (Shire Library)
Trevor May
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Description for Smugglers and Smuggling: in Britain, 1700-1850 (Shire Library)
Paperback. Explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes of tea would surreptitiously be moved inland under the noses of, and sometimes even in collusion with, the authorities. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 72 pages, 40 b/w; 40 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 6. Weight in Grams: 164.
Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues – as highwaymen of the coasts and Robin Hood figures. The reality could be very different. Cut-throat businessmen determined to make a profit, many smugglers were prepared to use excessive force as often as they used cunning, and the officers whose job it was to apprehend them were regularly brutally intimidated into inaction. Trevor May explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes ... Read more
Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues – as highwaymen of the coasts and Robin Hood figures. The reality could be very different. Cut-throat businessmen determined to make a profit, many smugglers were prepared to use excessive force as often as they used cunning, and the officers whose job it was to apprehend them were regularly brutally intimidated into inaction. Trevor May explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Shire Library
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747812074
SKU
V9780747812074
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Ref
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About Trevor May
Trevor May is a professional historian, writer and educator, having tutored at both the University of Hertfordshire and the Open University. He has written over a dozen books on social and economic history, including The Victorian Domestic Servant, Great Exhibitions and The Victorian Schoolroom for Shire.
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