Roguery in Print

The first comprehensive analysis of an extensive body of rogue pamphlets published in early modern London.

Early modern England was fascinated by the figure of the rogue. The rogue, who could be a beggar or vagrant but also a cutpurse, conman, card sharp, and all-round ''trickster'' or even a highwayman, appeared in a variety of texts including plays, ballads, romances, sermons, proclamations, and ...