'Jack Sheppard' is a thrilling novel that tells the story of the eponymous character's rise to infamy as a notorious thief and jailbreaker in 18th-century London. Divided into three parts or "epochs", the first part, titled "Jonathan Wild", sets the scene with Wild's criminal activities and his influence on Sheppard's father. With Sheppard's father executed and his mother struggling to raise him, the young Sheppard grows up to become a skilled thief, making a name for himself as he becomes entangled in the criminal underworld.
