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Ymunwch â @drangelamuir.bsky.social yn siop lyfrau Palas Print, Caernarfon am sgwrs hynod ddiddorol am ei chyfrol newydd 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'! 🕡️ 6:30yp 📆 8 Hydref 📍 Palas Print, Caernarfon

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Rogues, Rakes and Robbers

27 Awst - Amgueddfa Pontypridd

17 Medi - Book Space, Cardiff

8 Hydref - Palas Print, Caernarfon

23-25 Ebrill - Gŵyl Lên Llandeilo

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 20h

Join @drangelamuir.bsky.social at Palas Print this Thursday! Angela will be discussing her intriguing new book 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'! 🕡️ 6:30pm 📆 8 October 📍 Palas Print, Caernarfon

Rogues, Rakes and Robbers
Book Tour

27 August - Amgueddfa Pontypridd

17 September - Book Space, Cardiff

8 October - Palas Print, Caernarfon

23-25 April - Llandeilo Lit Fest

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📚️EVENT📚️ Join author @drangelamuir.bsky.social at Book Space next week! Angela will be discussing her historic true crime book 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'. 🕡️ 6:30 📆 17 September 📍Book Space, Crwys Road, Cardiff 🎟️ www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/rog...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Out now! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social is published today! Discover real accounts of historic crimes and catch a glimpse of Georgian societies and culture. Find a copy in your favourite local bookshop!

OUT NOW! With a raven sitting upon the !

Book cover which features Georgian illustrations of an overflowing tankard of ale, a man on a speeding horse aiming a gun, a tavern, a raven, and two people in a romantic clinch.

Exploring detailed accounts of historic crime is one of the best ways to catch a glimpse of a society and its culture decades and centuries later. Of course, stories of crime and deviance are intriguing in their own right; but through understanding the context in which they were committed, how they were made sense of, and how communities and officials responded to them, we can gain incredible insight into life at that time and place.

Uncover the tales of real-life murders, manslaughters, assaults and arson that took place in Georgian Wales and the borders, which together give us a window onto life for ordinary, common people – whose lives would otherwise be lost from the historical record.

From courtship rituals to the value of horses, Georgian attitudes to sex work and insanity, vulnerable adults and fraud, each chapter uses documents from Wales’s Court of Great Sessions to illuminate the past.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Today's the day! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: a True Crime History of Georgian Britain' is officially out in the UK with @calonbooks.bsky.social! Thanks @k8lister.bsky.social for the endorsement! #history #newbook #skystorians #book

The cover of the book Rogues Rakes and Robbers A true crime history of Georgian Britain by Angela Muir

The back cover of the book Rogues Rakes and Robbers a true crime history of Georgian Britain by Angela Muir, with an endorsement from Kate Lister saying 'Muir stands and delivers a roaring account of crime in Georgian Britain'

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📚️ BOOK TOUR 📚️ Join @drangelamuir.bsky.social in conversation about her fascinating new book 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain'! First stop is Pontypridd! 🕜️ 12:15 - 12:45 📆 28 August 📍Amgueddfa Pontypridd Museum 🎟️ FREE www.pontypriddmuseum.wales/whats-on

Rogues, Rakes and Robbers Book Tour

27 August - Amgueddfa Pontypridd

17 September - Book Space, Cardiff

8 October - Palas Print, Caernarfon

25-27 April - Llandeilo Lit Fest

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Offer ends today! Follow the link below to pre-order 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social at @waterstones.bsky.social for 25% off! Ends midnight tonight! Use code SUMMER26 at checkout 📚️

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25% OFF RRP
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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Pre-order 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social on the Waterstone's website now for 25% off! Use code SUMMER26 at checkout 📚️ Offer ends midnight 24 July! www.waterstones.com/book/rogues-...

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Coming soon! 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain ' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social is publishing 3 September 📚️ Pre-order now from your favourite local bookshop!

Book cover which features illustrations from the Georgian period of a tavern, a man galloping on a horse whilst aiming a gun, two people kissing on a chair, and a crow looking down over the title.

Text reads: Coming soon! 3 September

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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: A True Crime History of Georgian Britain' by @drangelamuir.bsky.social. Uncover the tales of real-life murders, manslaughters, assaults and arson that took place in Georgian Wales and the borders. 📚️ www.uwp.co.uk/book/rogues-...

Book cover which features black and white illustrations of people in a clinch, a man on horseback aiming a gun, a tankard, a pub, and a raven

Coming Soon
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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Well, after nearly 8 years I had my final day as an Associate Professor of British Social and Cultural History at the University of Leicester this week. I left through voluntary severance. It's such an uncertain time for the humanities. Solidarity to everyone working in HE going through similar.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'm very pleased to say my new book, 'Rogues, Rakes and Robbers: a True Crime History of Georgian Britain' is available to pre-order through @calonbooks.bsky.social I hope people enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it! #georgianhistory #historyofcrime #history www.uwp.co.uk/book/rogues-...

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Rogues, Rakes and Robbers | UWP

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person! I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

#WorldLetterWritingDay ✒️ Here's the story of love letters I discovered in the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌 Sarah was 20 years old when she received these letters. She fell in love with a butcher, and they kept a public house together 🍻 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest... #Wales #History

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'My dearest Sarah' | A Bridgend Love Letter.

While going through the National Museum of Wales Collections, I came across a love-letter.

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Great to see the recording of Angela Muir's excellent paper on 'Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century' to @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social is now available online. www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/for...

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Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century

Recorded on 30 April 2025

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Join us next week for the @vchlondon.bsky.social lecture: Women Making History in the Early Twentieth Century: Working for the VCH ‘Big Red Books’ with @amalexathorn.bsky.social. Free to attend: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

ICYMI: Our seminar recommences tomorrow night with @drangelamuir.bsky.social presenting her paper ‘Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-century’. Join us in person at the IHR in our regular room or online from 17:30! www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

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Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century

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Helen Esfandiary @helenesfandiary.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

There’s still time to sign up online/in person for this important talk this weds @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social 👇

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

📣3 Funded MA Studentships! In partnership with the Black Cultural Archives, the Centre for Regional and Local History is offering 3 funded MA studentships in Black British local history in honour of Len Garrison. Click the link for details #skystorians le.ac.uk/english-loca...

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Looking forward to Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social speaking about 'Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century' to the @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social next Wed. All welcome in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

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Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I'm excited to be speaking at @long18thsem.bsky.social on 30 April at @ihr.bsky.social. It's a dark topic with a lot of modern relevance given the ongoing threat to women's reproductive rights. Join in person or online (it's free) #skystorians #history #AcademicSky www.history.ac.uk/events/force...

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Forced Abortion in England and Wales in the Long Eighteenth-Century

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Always a nice treat when this time of year rolls around! If you're a writer publishing your work and haven't signed up, you're really missing out!

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I think @themerl.bsky.social is my favourite account on Bluesky. Top tier socials, lads (and lasses?)!

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Adam Walton gave one of our tracks a spin Saturday night! Hear 'Little Brain' by The Echo and the Always off of 'With Hearts Like These' at 2hr 50min in. It was part of his #internationalwomensday special Recorded by @toddhq.bsky.social #newmusic #welshmusic #iwd25 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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BBC Introducing with Adam Walton - 08/03/2025 - BBC Sounds

Adam brings you the best in new Welsh music, exclusive sessions, interviews and demos.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

For any wine, history and true crime lovers in and around Cardiff we've just announced our next Wines & Crimes! This time we're doing a deep dive into sex work in 18th & 19th century Wales 🍷 📅21 May 📍Corp Market #truecrime #Wales #Welshhistory #wine #womenshistory vinvancymru.co.uk/collections/...

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Wines & Crimes: Tarts & Street Walkers - The Corp Marquee

The Corp Marquee | 6:30pm-9pm | Wednesday 21st of May Do you like wine? How about true crime? Then this event is just for you! This is a Wines & Crimes edition with a scandalous twist – where we u...

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Great to see Sarah Inskip & my research reach wider audiences! Mudlarker Liz Anderson engages with 'Material Encounters' (Historical Research, 2023) in her blog post about tobacco pipe finds on the London foreshore amudlarksdiary.com/2023/06/25/b...

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Back on the foreshore again and an armorial clay pipe find

I haven’t been able to mudlark for the last couple of months – a combination of family wedding preparation and recovering from surgery has kept me away. So it was a real joy to return t…

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Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

relatable.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

📣For anyone in or near Cardiff, our next Wines & Crimes is coming up soon! Vin Van Cymru will pair some excellent wine with true crime stories from 18th and early 19th century Wales 🍷☠️🔪 📍The Corp Market, Cardiff 📅29 January, 6:30pm 🎟️Tickets and info 👇 vinvancymru.co.uk/products/win...

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Wines & Crimes: Bad Romance - The Corp Marquee

The Corp Marquee | 6:30pm-9pm | Wednesday 29th of January 2025 Do you like wine? How about true crime? Then this event is just for you! This is a Wines & Crimes edition with a passionate twist - w...

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

With the permission of her family we are devastated to announce the death of our dear friend, Nicola Verdon, who was killed in an accident while riding her bike on 29th December.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

Please share this amazing opportunity widely! 3 funded MA studentships in Black British Local History for the coming academic year based at the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester in partnership with the Black Cultural Archives! le.ac.uk/english-loca...

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 28/05/2024

'The evidence we have of most minority or marginalised groups in the past is always fragmentary...[that] does not mean we should relegate these histories to obscurity' *new* @drangelamuir.bsky.social on the history of the Jewish community in 18thC South Wales manyheadedmonster.com/2024/05/28/l...

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Locating Jews in Eighteenth-Century Wales: Case Studies from the Welsh Court of Sessions

This post is part of our 'The People and the Law' Online Symposium, a series exploring early modern English - and now Welsh - legal sources. Angela Muir is Lecturer in Social and Cultural History and ...

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Anyone out there know what the uniform of the Anglesey militia might have looked like in the 1780s?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

Many congratulations to the British Library staff for the return of the online catalogue. Welcome back!

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

I'll be part of the panel at the launch for Gender in Modern Welsh History, which is nice since I didn't even have a launch for my own book thanks to Covid. eventbrite.co.uk/e/lansiad-laun…

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

This project about the history of Tiger Bay in South Wales looks amazing... You can sign up to volunteer too! If only there was time to do everything History-related that comes across my desk. ☹️ www.tigerbay.org.uk

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

I'm only now learning that Natalie Zemon Davis died last month. Her approach to court records has profoundly shaped my own (and the work of countless other historians, too). She was absolutely discipline-defining. www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/in-m...

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Brodie Waddell @brodiewaddell.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Coming soon(ish): the first major publication from our #PowerOfPetitioning project! #OpenAccess with UCL Press!! Contributors are me, Jason Peacey, @lloydbowen.bsky.social, Hannah Worthen, Karin Bowie, Imogen Peck, Elly Robson, @sharonhoward.bsky.social & Ann Hughes: uclpress.co.uk/collections/op…

Cover and blurb for The Power of Petitioning in Early Modern Britain.

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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Have already done this on Twitter but: looking for anti-slavery poems that use an explicitly "bardic"/historicized/antiquarian (Celtic/Saxonist) perspective (esp. Scottish/Irish). Trying to work out how much of an outlier Iolo Morganwg is here and checking if I've missed anything

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Northern History @northernhistory.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

The Editors of Northern History would like to invite submissions to the Gordon Forster Essay Prize (deadline: 1 March 2024). For full details about the prize, visit our website (tinyurl.com/3vvhjys4). Please repost! #MedievalSky #c19th #c18th #skystorians

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Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

6 month postdoc on most incredible letters project at Uni of Birmingham, well paid and starting in January. This is partly to replace me (!) so if you want to know more about the job, drop me an email or message! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDN285/r...

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Research Associate at University of Birmingham

An academic position as a Research Associate is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Next week we're kicking off our seminar series with Prof Corinne Fowler, ‘Transatlantic slavery, landownership and enclosure in England, 1738-1836.’ 12 Oct, Att 101, 12:30. If you can't attend in person, let me know as it will be hybrid. le.ac.uk/english-loca...

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2023 Autumn Seminar Series | Centre for Regional and Local History | University of Leicester

Autumn 2023 Seminar Series for the Centre for Regional and Local History at the University of Leicester

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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Medieval! Trans! Now! Micah Goodrich and I are soliciting abstracts and answering questions about the (long) medieval volume of the Cultural History of Trans Lives until the end of the month. Cfp here for more details: bit.ly/CHTLvol2

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CFP: A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450)

CFP: A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450) We warmly invite submissions to contribute to A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450), edited by J. D. Sa...

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

For anyone supervising or writing dissertations on family history (broadly defined) - consider submitting to our Phil Batman Prize! UG deadline is very soon (30 September). MA deadline is at the end of November.

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Pickles and Tenny helping me figure out where the heck my study leave and summer went 🔍🤷🏻‍♀️

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Have you just started a history PhD? Come to our FREE workshop on 5 October to learn about our library, seminars, conferences, publications, website and training in specialised research skills and how they can help you. Booking essential. www.history.ac.uk/events/new-r...

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

The existence of EP Thompson implies the existence of (an even longer, more expensive) LP Thompson 🗃️ #HistoryThoughts

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Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

By day, I'm an historian. By night, I am also an historian, but with wine. If you're going to be in or near Cardiff on 25 October, please join! vinvancymru.co.uk/collections/...

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