The history of Newgate Prison / Caroline Jowett.
| Author/creator | Jowett, Caroline |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2017. |
| Description | 127 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword -- Foundations : 1188-1499 -- Crimes and punishment -- Newgate under the Tudors and Stuarts : 1500-1665 -- The Great Fire : 1666-1699 -- Inside the prison-republic : 1700 -1769 -- The new Newgate : 1770-1799 -- Reform : 1800-1902. |
| Abstract | As the place where prisoners, male and female, awaited trial, execution or transportation Newgate was Britain's most feared gaol for over 700 years. It probably best known today from the novels of Charles Dickens including Barnaby Rudge and Great Expectations. But there is much is more to Newgate than nineteenth century notoriety. In the seventeenth century it saw the exploits of legendary escaper and thief Jack Sheppard. Author Daniel Defoe who was imprisoned there for seditious libel, playwright Ben Jonson for murder, the Captain Kidd for piracy were among its most famous inmates. This book takes you from the gaol's 12th century beginnings to its final closure in 1904 and looks at daily life, developments in the treatment of prisoners from the use of torture to penal reform as well as major events in its history. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017278205 |
| ISBN | 9781473876408 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1473876400 (paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 99971605131 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |