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A hilarious black comedy of manners and morals, based on the crimes and career of a real–life 18th–century gangland criminal, Jonathan Wild the Great is one of the finest satires in the English language. With a Foreword by Peter Ackroyd. Jonathan Wild is truly “great”: spurning the... read more

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