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White, Jerry, 1949-
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Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England)
Prisons -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
Prisons -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
London (England) -- History -- 18th century.
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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White, Jerry, 1949-
Marshalsea Prison (Southwark, London, England)
Prisons -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
Prisons -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
London (England) -- History -- 18th century.
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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Mansions of misery : a biography of the Marshalsea debtors' prison / Jerry White.
by
White, Jerry, 1949-
The Bodley Head, 2016.
Call #:
365.9421 W585m
Subjects
Marshalsea Prison (Southwark,
London
,
England
)
Prisons
--
England
--
London
--
History
--
18th
century
.
Prisons
--
England
--
London
--
History
--
19th
century
.
London
(
England
)
--
History
--
18th
century
.
London
(
England
)
--
Social conditions
--
18th
century
.
London
(
England
)
--
Social life and customs
--
18th
century
.
ISBN:
9781847923028 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Biography of the Marshalsea debtors' prison
Description:
xvii, 364 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. (some color), maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary:
The Marshalsea became a byword for misery; in the words of one of its inmates, it was hell in epitome. But the prison was also a microcosm of
London
life and it housed a colourful range of characters, including Charles Dickens's father. This book introduces us to the Marshalsea's unfortunate prisoners, rich and poor; men and women; spongers, fraudsters and innocents. We get to know the trumpeter John Grano who wined and dined with the prison governor and continued to compose music whilst other prisoners were tortured and starved to death. We meet the bare-knuckle fighter known as the Bold Smuggler, who fell on hard times after being beaten by the Chelsea Snob. And then there's Joshua Reeve Lowe, who saved Queen Victoria from assassination in Hyde Park in 1820, but whose heroism couldn't save him from the Marshalsea. Told through these extraordinary lives, This book gives us a fascinating and unforgettable cross-section of
London
life from the early 1700s to the 1840s.
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