The Compleat Smuggler: A Book about Smuggling in England, America and Elsewhere, Past and Present | 
pickI spotted this on the shelf at work when we were rehousing some of the books. I've enjoyed a couple of Farjeon's classic era murder mysteries so couldn't resist his book about smugglers! It purports to be nonfiction but it's joyously loose with referencing or corroboration and instead launches into the legends and stories of smuggling with glee! Aside from a bit of annoying but predictable 1930s misogyny and racism, it's a lot of fun! ⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is my library! Bromley House Library in Nottingham, where I have the immense pleasure to work. I also (of course) frequently borrow books. Today I returned 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers' and borrowed a 1930s book about smuggling, just because it caught my eye on the shelf! I've read some of Jefferson Farjeon's murder mysteries but not anything factual, or at least purporting to be factual! I'm interested to see what it's like...
