The Gaol

Zusatztext 'Although the subject of the book is quite grim! the author tells us the history in an entertaining and easy manner which makes us want to read on... a valuable piece of research' Informationen zum Autor Kelly Grovier was educated at the University of California, Los Angeles and at Oxford University, where he wrote his doctorate on the eighteenth-century philosopher and adventurer 'Walking' Stewart. He is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement and The Observer. He is the co-founder of the scholarly journal European Romantic Review and a lecturer at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. Klappentext The extraordinary human story of London's most infamous prison The extraordinary human story of London's most infamous prison Zusammenfassung The extraordinary human story of London's most infamous prison

Product details

• Authors: Kelly Grovier, Grovier Kelly
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 25.06.2009
• EAN: 9780719561337
• ISBN: 978-0-7195-6133-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 195 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; London, Greater London, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Penology and punishment, Prisons, Non fiction: history and politics