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Gallows Thief (2001) is a historical mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop.Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, is hired as an investigator as a formality to Read More..

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Description	Gallows Thief (2001) is a historical mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop.Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, is hired as an investigator as a formality to rubber-stamp the death sentence of a condemned murderer. Instead, he discovers a conspiracy to conceal the real killer. In the slang of the time, a “gallows thief,” (also a “crap prig”) is a person who prevents the hanging of an innocent person.
Description	Gallows Thief (2001) is a historical mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop.Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, is hired as an investigator as a formality to rubber-stamp the death sentence of a condemned murderer. Instead, he discovers a conspiracy to conceal the real killer. In the slang of the time, a “gallows thief,” (also a “crap prig”) is a person who prevents the hanging of an innocent person.

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Name	Gallows Thief
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Authors	Bernard Cornwell
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Genre	Historical mystery
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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Pages	384 pp (first edition, hardback)
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Media_type	Print (hardback & paperback)
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Isbn	978-0-00-712715-3
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Oclc	47192973
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Publisher	HarperCollins
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Pub_date	1 Oct 2001
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