White-Collar Crime in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain

<p>This book throws new light on white-collar crime criminals and criminality in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. It does so by considering the life of Jesse Varley (1869-1929) who embezzled more than £80000 from Wolverhampton's Corporation and for a decade and more enjoyed an ostentatiously extravagant lifestyle.</p>