{"product_id":"queens-of-the-underworld","title":"QUEENS OF THE UNDERWORLD","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQUEENS OF THE UNDERWORLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClassification:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: DAVIES, CAITLIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: THE HISTORY PRESS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781803992846\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"headline\"\u003ePublisher's Synopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This book is an extremely important part of women's social history. Read it!'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e- Maxine Peake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobin Hood, Dick Turpin, Ronnie Biggs, the Krays … All have become folk heroes, glamorised and romanticised, even when they killed.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eBut where are their female equivalents? Where are the street robbers, gang leaders, diamond thieves, gold smugglers and bank robbers?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQueens of the Underworld\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaitlin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"THE HISTORY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40334336131170,"sku":"9781803992846","price":250.79,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1279\/5591\/files\/9781803992846.jpg?v=1683193001","url":"https:\/\/elexacademicbookstore.co.za\/products\/queens-of-the-underworld","provider":"Elex Academic Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}