A History of London's Prisons - Couverture rigide

Howse, Geoffrey

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184563134X ISBN 13 : 9781845631345

Editeur : Wharncliffe Books, 2012

Synopsis

London has had more prisons than any other British city. The City's 'gates' once contained prisons but probably the most notorious of all was Newgate, which stood for over 700 years. The eleventh century Tower of London was used as a prison for a variety of high profile prisoners from Sir Thomas More to the Krays. Discover the background of a variety of historic places of incarceration such as The Clink, the King s Bench Prison; and debtors prisons such as the Fleet Prison and the Marshalsea. 'Lost' prisons such as the Gatehouse in Westminster, Millbank Penitentiary, Surrey County Gaol in Horsemonger Row, The House of Detention, Coldbath Fields Prison and Tothill Fields Prison are also described in detail; as are more familiar gaols: Holloway, Pentonville, Brixton, Wandsworth and Wormwood Scrubs. In his A History of London s Prisons Geoffrey Howse delves not only into the intricate web of historical facts detailing the origins of the capital s prisons but also includes fascinating detail concerning the day-to-day life of prisoners - from the highly born to the most despicable human specimens imaginable - as well as those less fortunate individuals who found themselves through no fault of their own 'in the clink', some soon becoming clients of the hangman or executioner.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Geoffrey Howse, actor, writer and historian, was born in Sheffield but has lived in London for over thirty-five years. His recent books include North London Murders, six books in the Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths series, including London s East End, London s West End, Sheffield and South Yorkshire, The A-Z of London Murders and Murder & Mayhem in North London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wharncliffe Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184563134X
• ISBN 13: 9781845631345
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible