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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45466171 Title: The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London Author: Donna T Andrew; Randall McGowen Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001. ISBN/ISSN: 0520220625 9780520220621 OCLC:45466171

  
  

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The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd : forgery and betrayal in eighteenth-century London

Author:	Donna T Andrew; Randall McGowen
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format:	Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O. J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case - filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery - preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism. Peopled with such familiar figures as John Wilkes, King George III, Lord Mansfield, and James Boswell, the story acts as a prism to reveal the hopes, fears, prejudices, and deep anxieties of this period of English capitalism. Above all, the case presents a parable of the 1770s, when London was the center of European finance and national politics, of fashionable life and tell-all journalism, of empire achieved and empire lost." "The crime, a hanging offense, came to light with the arrest of identical twin brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, after the former was detained trying to negotiate a forged bond. At their arraignment they both accused Daniel's mistress, Margaret Rudd, of being responsible for the crime. The brothers' trials coincided with the first reports of bloodshed in the American colonies at Lexington and Concord and successfully competed for space in the papers. From March until the following January, people could talk of little other than the fate of the Perreaus and the impending trial of Mrs. Rudd. The participants told wildly different tales and offered strikingly different portraits of themselves. The press was filled with letters from concerned or angry correspondents. The public, deeply divided over who was guilty, was troubled by evidence that suggested not only that fair might be foul, but that it might not be possible to tell which was which."--BOOK JACKET.  Read more...
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Subjects	Perreau, Daniel, -- -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Perreau, Robert, -- -1776 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Rudd, Margaret Caroline, -- 1744 or 1745- -- Trials, litigation, etc. View all subjects
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