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Highwayman’s 1750 confessions reveal ‘unusual’ ambivalence about gay sex – The Guardian
Rare pamphlet includes roistering criminal’s surprisingly enlightened attitude to the advances made to him by an innkeeper’s son
BooksRare pamphlet includes roistering criminals surprisingly enlightened attitude to the advances made to him by an innkeepers son
Sat 13 Feb 2021 02.00 EST
An incredibly rare deathbed confession from an 18th-century highwayman, written just before he was hung in chains for robbing the Yarmouth Mail and detailing his enlightened response to a failed gay seduction, has been acquired by Horsham Museum.
The Life of Thomas Munn, alias, the Gentleman Brick-Maker, alias, Tom the Smuggler runs to 24 pages…
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