The life, strange voyages, and uncommon adventures of Ambrose Gwinett, formerly known to the public as the lame beggar, who for a long Time swept the Way at the Mews Gate, Charing Cross, Containing An Account of his being convicted and hanged in Chains, at Deal, in Kent, for the supposed Murder of Mr. Collins, and his surprising Recovery after being executed. His Voyage to the West Indies-His being taken by the Spaniards, where he meets the identical Collins whom he was supposed to have murdered-the Accident that threw Mr. Gwinett into the Hands of Pirates-His extraordinary Adventures with them, and being re-taken by the Spaniards, and by them condemned to the Gallies-His being taken and made a Slave of by the Algerines, and, after suffering many Hardships, his Return to England.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.

Standardized Title:

Life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executions and executioners--England--Early works to 1800.

Executions and executioners.

Murder--England--Early works to 1800.

Murder.

Gwinett, Ambrose--Early works to 1800.

Gwinett, Ambrose.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32p.,plate )

Other Title:

Life, strange voyages, and uncommon adventures of Ambrose Gwinett,

Place of Publication:

London : printed by T. Sabine, No. 81, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, [1790?]

Notes:

Attributed to Isaac Bickerstaffe? - Horizontal chain lines.

Price from imprint: price Four-Pence.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T119260.

OCLC:

642319845