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In the Shadow of the Noose: Crime & Punishment in Georgian England
Part of 'What did the Georgians ever do for us?' lecture series.
A talk by Stuart Orme. Crime in the Georgian period has a romantic image – dashing highwaymen and stories of derring-do. But what was the reality of crime in this period? This talk will look at the truth behind the myths with the real story behind Dick Turpin, Jack Sheppard and other notorious criminals of the age, as well as the summary trials and brutal executions when justice was ruled by the ‘Bloody Code’.
A talk by Stuart Orme. Crime in the Georgian period has a romantic image – dashing highwaymen and stories of derring-do. But what was the reality of crime in this period? This talk will look at the truth behind the myths with the real story behind Dick Turpin, Jack Sheppard and other notorious criminals of the age, as well as the summary trials and brutal executions when justice was ruled by the ‘Bloody Code’.
7:30PM
£5 adults, £4 concessions
£5 adults, £4 concessions
Peterborough Museum, Priestgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 1LF
Thu 18 Feb 2016
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