The Gaol the Story of Newgate London's Most Notorious Prison by Kelly Grovier
The Gaol the Story of Newgate London's Most Notorious Prison
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Kelly Grovier
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The Gaol the Story of Newgate London's Most Notorious Prison

Kelly Grovier

288 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative slow-paced
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For over 800 years Newgate was the grimy axle around which British society slowly twisted. This is where such legendary outlaws as Robin Hood and Captain Kidd met their fates, where the rapier-wielding playwrights Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlow...

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