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The Lives of the English Rakes

Author(s):

Linnane, Fergus

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket:

Yes

Dust Jacket Condition:

Very Good

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

1st Edition

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Portrait

Publication Year:

2006

Publication Place:

ISBN:

9780749950965

Book ID:

000211

Catalogue(s):

History – British

£9.70

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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 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.

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