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- Title
- A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard
- Description
- "A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard" is thought to have been ghostwritten by Daniel Defoe, though the original author is unconfirmed. He would have based this account on his conversations with Jack Sheppard at Newgate prison. The biography sold “quickly and abundantly” on the day of Sheppard’s execution and is credited with much of Sheppard’s celebrity. This woodcut print depicts Sheppard’s escape from the condemned hold of Newgate in broad daylight with the help of his lovers and accomplices, Elizabeth Lyon and Poll Maggot.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- B.S5494d1724e
- Authors
- Sheppard, Jack, et al.
- Full Title
- A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard : giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate / written by himself during his confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane ; to which is prefix'd, a true representation of his escape from the condemn'd hold, curiously engraven on a copper plate ; the whole publish'd at the particular request of the prisoner.
- Date
- 1724
- From the Exhibit
- Crymes and Rhymes: Criminal Celebrity
- Publisher
- Printed and sold by John Applebee
- Location
- London
- Language
- English
- Rights
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- Text
- Edition
- The sixth edition.
- Medium
- Book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Sheppard, Jack et al. A Narrative of All the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard : Giving an Exact Description of the Manner of His Wonderful Escape from the Castle in Newgate. The sixth edition. London: Printed and sold by John Applebee, a little below Bridewell-Bridge, in Black-Fryers, 1724