History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed and comprehensive biography of ''Jonathan Wild the Great'' - written by Henry Fielding. Jonathan Wild (1682 - 1725) was a notorious and influential figure in the early-eighteenth century London underworld, renowned for operating on both sides of the law and posing as a fighter named ‘Thief Taker General’. This fascinating, witty, and insightful biography...