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Tag: Charles Johnson

17th century…

Claude Du Vall: The Ladies’ Highwayman

21 Feb 2020
By Stephen Basdeo In 1671 the poet and satirist wrote an ode ‘To the Memory of the Most Renowned Du-Vall’.[1] It celebrated the bravery and heroism of an English highwaymen…
17th century…

Capt. Charles Johnson’s “General History of the Pyrates” (1724)

24 Sep 2016
In 1724 a book appeared entitled A General and True History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates (1724) which was written by a “Captain” Charles Johnson.…
17th century…

The Newgate Calendar

24 Mar 201624 Mar 2016
People in the eighteenth century believed that they were living in a crime-ridden society. In addition to Capt. Alexander Smith’s and Capt. Charles Johnson’s criminal biographies, the Proceedings of the…
18th century…

Edgworth Bess, a Prostitute (fl. 1723-24)

12 Mar 201616 Mar 2016
This is a blog post written for my friend, Dr. Kate Lister, and her 'Whores of Yore' project. All illustrations featured in the article are from original nineteenth-century books in…
18th century…

Daniel Defoe’s “The History and Real Adventures of Robin Hood”

12 Nov 201512 Nov 2015
I recently came across an obscure little book entitled The History and Real Adventures of Robin Hood and his Merry Companions. Written by Captain Charles Johnson. To Which are added,…

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