Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The old, new, borrowed, and blue Newgate calendar 19
7. 2 Jack Sheppard, the Newgate novel 47
8. 3 Penny radicalism? 86
9. 4 Mysteries and ambiguities 134
10. 5 Distant friends of the people 175
11. Select bibliography 222
12. Index 230