The Lives of the English Rakes
Rogues and vagabonds
Men, conduct of life
Moral conditions
Great britain, social conditions
Men
Great britain, biography
Conduct of life
Biography
History
Rake (n) 'a dissolute man, esp. one in fashionable society; roué'. The English rake strides through the pages of romantic fiction, impossibly handsome, cynical and dangerous, a gambler, a deadly swordsman leaving a trail of broken hearts and slain rivals in his wake. The reality was if anything more…
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