James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder by Chris Bryant
James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder

Chris Bryant

James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder

Chris Bryant

336 pages first pub 2024 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history lgbtqia+ politics challenging informative sad slow-paced
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Newgate Prison, 1835. James Pratt and John Smith. Both were convicted of homosexuality - 'an unnatural offence'. Both would be hanged at the gallows. And yet the 1830s was a time of great reform, when capital punishment was in decline. Of the jai...

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