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  • "Claude Duval," "The Wild Rover of the West Indies," and the cheap biographies of such men as Murrell.

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Edward Eggleston 1869

  • Under the nom de guerre "the Kid," his most bloody and desperate deeds were wrought—a name which will live in the annals of daring crime so long as those of Dick Turpin and Claude Duval shall be remembered.

    The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid Garrett, Pat F 1954

  • "And no doubt you know by heart the merry gests of Robin Hood and the admirable exploits of Claude Duval?"

    The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough

  • His conduct at the plundering of the gold-escort is fully equal to the traditional suavity of Claude Duval.

    Australian Writers Desmond Byrne

  • I must be some relation to Claude Duval, the highwayman.

    Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi George H. Devol

  • It had been a leaf from the book of Claude Duval with a slight difference.

    Antony Gray,—Gardener Leslie Moore

  • Claude Duval and Dick Turpin themselves for neighbors, or whether we all went straight to Davy Jones 'locker together.

    Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham

  • "A sort of modern Claude Duval -- although he was a highway-man and not a kidnapper."

    Bandit Love Juanita Savage

  • But Dick Sherrill, looking very warm and disgruntled in a costume he informed them bitterly was meant for Claude Duval, came up as they were turning away and insisted upon presenting Carl to the guest of the evening.

    Diane of the Green Van Leona Dalrymple

  • The Border highwayman, as a rule, was no picturesque Claude Duval, no chivalrous villain of romance who would tread a measure in the moonlight with the lady whose coach he had plundered, thereafter returning her jewels in recompense for the favour of the dance.

    Stories of the Border Marches Jeanie Lang

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