Queens of the Underworld Journey into the Lives of Female Crooks by DAVIES 2021

History Press

Queens of the UnderworldA Journey into the Lives of Female Crooks\nAuthor(s): Caitlin Davies\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The History Press Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: The History Press Ltd\nISBN-13: 9780750993173, 978-0750993173\nSynopsis\n'This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it!'- Maxine Peake\n\nRobin Hood, Dick Turpin, Ronnie Biggs, the Krays All have become folk heroes, glamorised and romanticised, even when they killed. But where are their female equivalents? Where are the street robbers, gang leaders, diamond thieves, gold smugglers and bank robbers?\n\nQueens of the Underworld reveals the incredible story of female crooks from the seventeenth century to the present. From Moll Cutpurse to the Black Boy Alley Ladies, from jewel thief Emily Lawrence to bandit leader Elsie Carey and burglar Zoe Progl, these were charismatic women at the top of their game. But female criminals have long been dismissed as either not real women or not real cr.