A Book of Scoundrels

Nonfiction, History, Western Europe, World History
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Author: Charles Whibley ISBN: 1230000356510
Publisher: True North Publication: April 12, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Charles Whibley
ISBN: 1230000356510
Publisher: True North
Publication: April 12, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

While murder is wellnigh as old as life, property and the pocket invented theft, late-born among the arts. It was not until avarice had devised many a cunning trick for the protection of wealth, until civilisation had multiplied the forms of portable property, that thieving became a liberal and an elegant profession.

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While murder is wellnigh as old as life, property and the pocket invented theft, late-born among the arts. It was not until avarice had devised many a cunning trick for the protection of wealth, until civilisation had multiplied the forms of portable property, that thieving became a liberal and an elegant profession.

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