The Thieves' Opera: The Mesmerizing Story of Two Notorious Criminals in Eighteenth-Century London

Portrays the rivalry between two of Georgian London's most popular thieves, Jonathan Wild, who dominated London's underworld, and Jack Sheppard, who refused to work for Wild, was imprisoned repeatedly, and became a celebrated folk hero. 25,000 first printing.

Lucy Moore (born 1970) is a historian and writer. Lucy Moore was born in 1970. She was educated in Britain and the United States and studied history at Edinburgh University. In the 1990s, her parents lived in Mumbai, India. She spent some time visiting them in India, which led to her book Maharanis about Indian princesses