Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics

Brewer's Rogues, Villains & Eccentrics by William Donaldson (aka Willie Donaldson). hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780304357284.

Presenting the Hall of Shame! Both entertaining and indiscreet, this dictionary of callous cads introduces a host of wildly colorful characters. Here are assassins and arsonists, hangmen and horse thieves, hell-raisers and highwaymen, not to mention an array of poisoners, quacks, and forgers. Meet Ronald Biggs, one of the participants of the Great Train Robby, and Julie Amiri, a thief who found being detained by policemen...very exciting. Theres enough degradation, depravity, and dottiness to delight anyone.A Selection of the Readers Subscription Book Club.