Author: John Ashton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
'The Fleet: Its Rivers, Prison, and Marriages' by John Ashton uncovers the fascinating and scandalous tales of the Fleet, a region associated with one of London's subterranean rivers. Three topics are discussed in great detail specifically: Fleet Fleet Prison, a notorious institution that loomed ominously by the River Fleet, imprisoning souls within its walls for centuries; Fleet Marriages; clandestine unions that defied convention and authority, conducted within the prison's confines during a time when love and law clashed; and Fleet River itself, including its history.
The Fleet: Its Rivers, Prison, and Marriages
Author: John Ashton
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
'The Fleet: Its Rivers, Prison, and Marriages' by John Ashton uncovers the fascinating and scandalous tales of the Fleet, a region associated with one of London's subterranean rivers. Three topics are discussed in great detail specifically: Fleet Fleet Prison, a notorious institution that loomed ominously by the River Fleet, imprisoning souls within its walls for centuries; Fleet Marriages; clandestine unions that defied convention and authority, conducted within the prison's confines during a time when love and law clashed; and Fleet River itself, including its history.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
'The Fleet: Its Rivers, Prison, and Marriages' by John Ashton uncovers the fascinating and scandalous tales of the Fleet, a region associated with one of London's subterranean rivers. Three topics are discussed in great detail specifically: Fleet Fleet Prison, a notorious institution that loomed ominously by the River Fleet, imprisoning souls within its walls for centuries; Fleet Marriages; clandestine unions that defied convention and authority, conducted within the prison's confines during a time when love and law clashed; and Fleet River itself, including its history.
The Fleet: Its River, Prison, and Marriages
Author: John Ashton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fleet River (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fleet River (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Mansions of Misery
Author: Jerry White
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448191815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison. In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital Jerry White 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, Mansions of Misery gives us a fascinating and unforgettable cross-section of London life from the early 1700s to the 1840s.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448191815
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital’s most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors’ Prison. In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital Jerry White 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, Mansions of Misery gives us a fascinating and unforgettable cross-section of London life from the early 1700s to the 1840s.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Day Otis Kellogg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
New American Supplement to the New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica ... Illustrated with Hundreds of Portraits and Other Engravings
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ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The New Werner Twentieth Century Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
The World-wide Encyclopedia and Gazetteer
Author: William Harrison De Puy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Chambers's Encyclopaedia
Author: David Patrick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
The History of Tooting-Graveney
Author:
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Category : Tooting (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tooting (London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description