Trevor May

Smugglers and Smuggling (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and since then smugglers have come often to be romanticised as cheeky rogues - as highwaymen of the coasts and Robin Hood figures. The reality could be very different. Cut-throat businessmen determined to make a profit, many smugglers were prepared to use excessive force as often as they used cunning, and the officers whose job it was to apprehend them were regularly brutally intimidated into inaction. Trevor May explains who the smugglers were, what motivated them, where they operated, and how items ranging from barrels of brandy to boxes of tea would surreptitiously be moved inland under the noses of, and sometimes even in collusion with, the authorities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784420000
• Artikelnr.: 44868143

Autorenporträt

Trevor May is a professional historian, writer and educator, having tutored at both the University of Hertfordshire and the Open University. He has written over a dozen books on social and economic history, including The Victorian Domestic Servant, Great Exhibitions and The Victorian Schoolroom for Shire.

Inhaltsangabe

Heroes and Villains
The Nature of Smuggling
Enforcing the Law
A Practical Guide to Smuggling
The Smuggler at Sea
Smugglers of Note and Notoriety
From the Old Smuggler to the New
Further Reading
Places to Visit
Index