The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London /
"The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case - filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery - preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. Peopled with such famili...
Main Authors: | Andrew, Donna T., 1945- (Author), McGowen, Randall, 1948- (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2001]
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