Gallows Thief
by Cornwell, Bernard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0007127154
- ISBN 13
- 9780007127153
- Seller
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Synopsis
Gallows Thief (2001) is a mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop. Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, is hired as an investigator as a formality to rubber-stamp the death sentence of a condemned murderer. Instead, he discovers a conspiracy to conceal the real killer. In the slang of the time, a “gallows thief,” (also a “crap prig”) is a person who prevents the hanging of an innocent person.
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- Bookseller
- thelondonbookworm.com (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 087187
- Title
- Gallows Thief
- Author
- Cornwell, Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0007127154
- ISBN 13
- 9780007127153
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- FICTION HISTORICAL
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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