A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &C. To Which Is Added: Tryals of the Most Notorious Malefactors, at the Sessions-House ...

by Charles Johnson

Excerpt from A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &C. To Which Is Added: Tryals of the Most Notorious Malefactors, at the Sessions-House in the Old Baily, London
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470 pages, Paperback

Published August 24, 2018

About the author

Captain Charles Johnson, the author of the 1724 book A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates, has not been identified.

It has often been assumed that the name Captain Charles Johnson was a pseudonym, but nothing definitive has been determined about who he may have been. For a period of nearly fifty years, the prevailing theory was that the author's true identity was Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe. But that theory has been challenged and invalidated based on a lack of supporting evidence. Nonetheless, his book, which is in the public domain, has been published in a large number of editions by various publishers and in translations around the world, often employing the name Daniel Defoe on the cover.