Remarkable Rogues: The Careers of Some Notable Criminals of Europe and America

Remarkable Rogues: The Careers of Some Notable Criminals of Europe and America

by Charles Kingston

Twenty biographical sketches of people you would not want your son or daughter to marry. An insight into crimes committed before modern technology.

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English

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English

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1921

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Charles Kingston

United States

Charles Cameron Kingston was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was a radical liberal Premier of South Australia, occupying this office with the support of Labor, which in the House of Ass...

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