literature: Which criminal was made into a romantic figure in the novel Rookwood?

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What english city was known to the romans as venta bulgarum?

What english writer said 'give me a decent bottle of poison and i'll construct the perfect crime'|agatha christie?

What entertainer's nickname is "the thief of bad gags"?

What era were the first traces of land life believed to appeared?

What escape route did John Brown run?