Emphasis on the vanished prisons of London: MARSHALSEA featured in Charles Dickens’ LITTLE DORRIT, where debtors were imprisoned; BRIDEWELL, where female prisoners were flogged – the whippings proved so popular that a special gallery was constructed for spectators; NEWGATE where the public could watch condemned men in their final hours as well as celebrate their execution. (View image)
PRISONS AND PUNISHMENTS OF LONDON
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Additional Information
| Author | Byrne, Richard |
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| Number of pages | pp.xiv, 122 |
| Publisher | Grafton |
| Year Published | 1992 |
| Book Condition | Very Good |
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| Binding Type | Softcover |
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