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

Kelly Grovier

332 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging 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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