Jack Sheppard
By William Harrison Ainsworth
- Release Date: 2012-03-01
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
This gripping historical romance focuses on the dashing criminal Jack Sheppard, a real-life burglar whose bold, brazen crimes and remarkable escape attempts captivated England in the eighteenth century. Though Sheppard's exploits have been fictionalized in several literary works, Ainsworth's full-length novel ranks among the most popular and enduring.