Queens of the Underworld : A Journey into the Lives of Female Crooks

Queens of the Underworld : A Journey into the Lives of Female CrooksAuthor: Davies, Caitlin United Kingdom, Great Britain Published on 20 April 2023 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 129 x 199 x 33 442g 'This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it!' Maxine PeakeRobin 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

Author: Davies, Caitlin

United Kingdom, Great Britain

Published on 20 April 2023 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback |
129 x 199 x 33 | 442g

'This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it!' - Maxine PeakeRobin 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?Queens 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 criminals’, and in the process their stories have been lost.

Caitlin Davies unravels the myths, confronts the lies and tracks down modern-day descendants in order to tell the truth about their lives for the first time.