{"product_id":"blue-billys-rogue-lexicon-9781737723387","title":"Blue Billy's Rogue Lexicon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Dempsey was a wonder among wonders.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 18, he had risen from a gang of London street rogues to be the personal plaything of the Marquess of Argyll. Maintained in splendour, celebrated at masquerades - with everything he could wish for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow all has come crashing down. He is put out in the rain without patronage, his West End apartment, or a place among the ton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo on a stormy night, he arrives at a house in Southwark. Marathon Moll's in the Mint - the bawdyhouse he worked in during his ascent and where he earned the name Blue Billy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut is Marathon Moll's a place from which to rise again? For there is one in the crowd, who catches his eye. Who takes his hand and promises something better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr does Moll's signify a return to his roots? For one day, a second and very different young man raps on the door. Takes his hand and asks him to return to his past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the street language of vagabonds. The canting dialect of thieves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo the schemes, and the dreams, of his youth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broadbound Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781737723387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"David Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935671128245,"sku":"9781737723387","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_49753efd-5e1c-4362-87dd-2d9ef82ee9df.jpg?v=1688491747","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blue-billys-rogue-lexicon-9781737723387","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}