AuthorJudy WrightDescriptionIn Victorian London, when bank forgery was so prevalent that newspapers were rarely without a report of a swindle, the case of 'The Great Forgery Agency' gripped the nation. For these were no grubby villains lurking in the back streets that harboured crime, nor were they the unfortunate poor, driven by circumstance of loss of jobs and housing. These were educated, respectable members of society who, under the guise of law stationers, acted from smart premises fronted by a courteous clerk. But there was no honour among these thieves, and when they sought to swindle Old Kerp out of his share of the proceeds, the main players, distrustful of each other, found themselves under sentence of transportation to AustraliaImprintU.K. : J.H.Wright , 2026.Collation321 p. ; 21 cm.LanguageEnglishISBN0955351634Dewey ClassF/ WRIPublication FormatBook
Judy Wright, The Great Forgery Agency. City of Fremantle Local History Centre, accessed 18/09/2026, https://history.fremantle.wa.gov.au/nodes/view/58188
