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Prince of tricksters : the incredible true story of Netley Lucas, gentleman crook
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- Creator
- Matt Houlbrook
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2016
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780226133157, 022613315X, 9780226133294
- OCLC
- ocn920017415
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-425) and index.
- Gambit -- Telling stories: crime and confidence after the Great War -- The aristocrat of crooks -- A curious kink in the character -- Selling selves: ghosts and life stories -- The ex-crook who has now taken up the pen -- The comic book criminologist -- Ghosts and their doings -- Bogus biographies: literary scandal and the politics of culture -- Writing royal lives -- The courtier and the con man -- Stunts and scandals -- Denouement My selves -- Cooling out: has the world changed, or have I changed?