Author: QUINN, TOM
Title: Smugglers' Tales
Description: Newton Abbot, David and Charles. 2002. (ISBN: 0715306960). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A magnificent history of the men and women who carried out the smuggling trade, who were universally admired and everyone from poorest farmworker to wealthy landowner were involved in the trade or at least turned a blind eye. Although the days of the romantic smugglers ended during the middle 19th century, the memory of their deeds and misdeeds lives on in a thousand local legends and tales of battles and extraordinary escapades. All around the coast of Britain pubs, inns and remote houses were fitted out with elaborate hiding places, many of which survive. Most beautifully illustrated with colour and black and white plates. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1F. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Smuggling, Smugglers 0715306960


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