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Smuggling: In Fact and Fiction

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Smuggling: In Fact and Fiction

By Helen Hollick

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About the book

Brandy for the parson, baccy for the clerk...'We have an image, mostly from movies and novels, of a tall ship riding gently at anchor in a moonlit, secluded bay with the 'Gentleman' cheerfully hauling kegs of brandy and tobacco ashore, then disappearing silently into the night shadows to hide their contraband from the excise men in a dark cave or a secret cellar.But how much of the popular idea is fact and how much is fiction?Smuggling was big business - it still is - but who were these derring-...Show more

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9781526727138

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Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2019

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1

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Smuggling: In Fact and Fiction

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Paperback

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