Author: CLIMENSON, EMILY J. (1844-1921)
Title: Strange adventures in the county of Dorset, A.D.1747
Description: Reading : G.A. Poynder 1906. First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked. cloth-backed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Tanning around spine cover. Fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Remains quite well-preserved overall.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 158 pages; 158 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. Includes a folding map and plates. Genre: Fiction -- Novel -- Historical fiction. Subjects: Smuggling -- England -- Dorset. Based on event in 1747-8. A large smuggling gang (some accounts say 60+ riders) brazenly stole back a confiscated consignment of contraband tea and spirits stored in Poole Custom House. while officials and an RN sloop stood by helpless. and locals turned out en route to cheer them on. The Hawkhurst gang. as they were known. then kidnapped. mutilated and murdered a prosecution witness and the official escorting him. The gang were making an example of informers via deliberate public intimidation. called in court the most unheard of act of villany and impudence ever known. by Emily J. Climenson.Weight in Kg appr.:

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