Rogues of the Road - Mike White

'The tradition of stand and deliver is older than we might have thought ...' For centuries, the roads of Oxfordshire were the haunt of highwaymen and footpads. From Elizabethan villains to famous names such as Dick Turpin, Captain Hind and Claude Duval, traces of their stories survive in historical documents and even their own testimonies. But who were these elusive rogues of the road? Who held up a duchess from the household of King Charles I? How did a ghost pull off his largest crime? And which... Zobrazit více