Download or read book The Thieves' Opera written by Lucy Moore and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mesmerizing story of two notorious criminals in 18th-century London--Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard--"The Thieves' Opera" is an eminently readable work of popular history that blends meticulous scholarship with the best of the storyteller's art. Engravings.