Jack Sheppard

Download or read book Jack Sheppard written by William Harrison Ainsworth and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Sheppard is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, with illustrations by George Cruikshank. It is a historical romance and a Newgate novel based on the real life of the 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard. The story is divided into three parts, called "epochs." The "Jonathan Wild" epoch comes first. The events of the story begins with the notorious criminal and thief-catcher Jonathan Wild encouraging Jack Sheppard's father to a life of crime.