ISBN10: 0905392248, ISBN13: 9780905392240, [publisher: Countryside Books, United Kingdom, Berks] Softcover Many factors combined to make the coasts of Hampshire and Dorset ideal for smuggling. The prevailing south-westerly winds enabled a fast sea passage from the big contraband warehouses less than 100 miles away across the Channel. The numerous, sandy beaches were safe places to land cargo, unseen by a poorly staffed and financed Revenue Service, and there were quiet, fast tracks along which to transport the goods inland to towns and cities where a sympathetic and eager market awaited it. During its heyday, smuggling embraced a huge range of dutiable luxuries including lace, silks, coffee, soap and playing cards as well as less orthodox cargo such as golden guineas and spies. It employed the young and old, men and women, aristocrats and labourers. It was a big industry - it is estimated that the Battle of Mudeford in 1784, which the smugglers won, allowed them to keep a shipment of 120,000 gallons of spirits and between 30 and 40 tons of tea. Geoffrey Morley's book describes the industry in detail along each section of the coast, explaining the methods used and introducing the legendary characters involved, from Abraham Pike, Chief Riding Officer for Christchurch to Lovey Warne, whose feminine charms enabled quantities of contraband to pass under the eyes of the Revenue Officers. It is a fascinating study of a trade which even today is remembered with more ...

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ISBN10: 0905392248, ISBN13: 9780905392240, [publisher: Countryside Books] Softcover
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SOFTBACK "HISTORY OF SMUGGLING," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Reprint: 2nd.* Date of Publication: Date: 1987 (1983)* Publisher: Countryside Books.* Binding and cover condition: Mono-illustrated stiff card covers showing a sandy beach scene with horses and a cart waiting for contraband from a sailing ship in the bay. Red, black & white titles to face & red and black to somewhat faded spine. No shelf wear to edges, or to head or tail of spine. No visible marks. VG++.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions, no tanning or other visible faults to pages. Seems lightly used if at all. FINE.* Illustrations: A number of b/w photos and prints within text throughout.* Pages: 212 pp. text. x pp. Glossary, index & blank pages at rear.* Description:- Many factors combined to make the coasts of Hampshire and Dorset ideal for smuggling. The prevailing South Westerly winds enabled a fast sea passage from the big contraband warehouses less than 100 miles away across the channel. The numerous sandy beaches were safe places to land cargo, unseen by a poorly staffed and financed Revenue Service, and there were quiet, fast tracks along which to transport the goods inland to towns and cities where a sympathetic and eager market awaited them.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st thus. 2nd. reprintl, with minimal cover faults reducing it to VG++.* 1987. Countryside Books. ISBN 0905392248 9780905392240 [GB]

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