Albion's Fatal Tree Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

"Close, meticulous scholarship, imagination, a joyous use of literary and 'qualitative' evidence ... and the driving force of commitment make it memorable."--"The Guardian" "Immensely advances our understanding both of Hanoverian England and of the relationship between law and society in general."--Keith Thomas, author of "Religion and the Decline of Magic" "Provocative, full of insights into neglected phases of eighteenth-century social history, and at times profound."--J. H. Plumb, "The Observer" "Erudite ... and elegantly pungent."--Claud Cockburn, author of "Beat the Devil" and "Aspects of English History"