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Hawkhurst: Murder, Corruption, and Britain's Most Notorious Smuggling Gang

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Hawkhurst: Murder, Corruption, and Britain's Most Notorious Smuggling Gang - Dragovich, Joseph
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South-east England, 1740s: war and heated politics bring the old practice of smuggling to new and dangerous heights. Violent gangs of smugglers terrorise communities and confound government attempts to stop them. The most famous of these, the Hawkhurst Gang, operate like a modern drug cartel fuelled by illegal tea. They threaten witnesses and authorities, brandish weapons in public, and fight battles in the streets, murdering and kidnapping those who get in their way. Enter a world filled with gangsters, corrupt politicians ...

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Hawkhurst: Murder, Corruption, and Britain's Most Notorious Smuggling Gang 2023, The History Press Ltd, Stroud

ISBN-13: 9780750998895

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