About this book
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars by Robert Goadby launches listeners into the audacious life of an 18th-century rogue whose escapades read as a travel-adventure and a study in human behavior. Carew, a professional mendicant and consummate impostor, roams Georgian England using ingenious disguises and quick wit to extract charity from merchants, clergy, and gentry alike. His tales brim with picaresque episodes—posing as a shipwrecked seaman, a grieving widow, or a foreigner—while offering vivid sketches of towns, seaports, and the social hierarchies that shaped public charity and suspicion. The narrative also preserves a fascinating Dictionary of the Cant Language, making the work as much a travelogue and adventure memoir as an early piece of social science and linguistic curiosity. Told with roguish humor and startling candor, the account sheds light on 18th-century mobility, class, and survival without romanticizing its protagonist. Ideal for listeners who love historical adventure, travel writing, and character-driven nonfiction, this audiobook will appeal to fans of picaresque storytelling, social history, and anyone intrigued by audacious narratives of disguise and deception.
