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Book Synopsis Olde London Punishments by : David Brandon
Download or read book Olde London Punishments written by David Brandon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of London: City of the Dead and London: The Executioners City expand their history of grim, ancient punishments into the realm of the "social" punishments used in workhouses, churches, and schools All manner of vile punishments from London's long and bloody history are collected here. Over the centuries, many hundreds have expired inside dank, rat-infested cells, or while "dancing the Tyburn jig" at the end of a swinging rope, and many of the sites have become bywords for infamy. From the Tower and Newgate prison to the Clink and the Fleet, this book explores London’s criminal heritage; including the stocks and pillories that lie, almost forgotten, in churchyards and squares across the city, it is a heartbreaking survey of the nation’s penal history. Richly illustrated and filled with victims and villains, nobles, executioners, and torturers, it will delight historians, travelers, and armchair travelers alike.
Book Synopsis Olde London Punishments by : David Brandon
Download or read book Olde London Punishments written by David Brandon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-04-30 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains all manner of grim and ancient punishments from London's long and bloody history. Over the centuries, many hundreds have expired inside the capital's dank, rat-infested cells, or whilst 'dancing the Tyburn jig' at the end of a swinging rope, and many of the sites in this book have become bywords for infamy. From the Tower and Newgate prison to the Clink and the Fleet, this book explores London's criminal heritage; also including the stocks and pillories that lie, almost forgotten, in churchyards and squares across the City, and the many shocking punishments exacted inside the region's churches, workhouses and schools, it is a heart-breaking survey of our nation's penal history. Richly illustrated, and filled with victims and villains, nobles, executioners and torturers, it will delight historians, residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Paranormal London written by Neil Arnold and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-30 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With almost 2,000 years of continuous habitation, it is no surprise that the city of London can boast a fascinating array of strange events and paranormal occurrences. From sightings of big cats such as the Southwark Puma and the Cricklewood Lynx to the terrifying tales of the Highgate Vampire and Spring-Heeled Jack, along with stories of mermaids, dragons, fairies and alien encounters, this enthralling volume draws together a bizarre and intriguing collection of first-hand accounts and long-forgotten archive reports from the capital's history. Richly illustrated with over sixty photographs, Paranormal London will invite the reader to view the city in a whole new light and will delight all those interested in the mysteries of the paranormal.
Book Synopsis The History of Newgate Prison by : Caroline Jowett
Download or read book The History of Newgate Prison written by Caroline Jowett and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the iconic London prison, featuring insights on daily life, the evolution of prison systems, and famous inmates. 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. Among its most famous inmates were author Daniel Defoe who was imprisoned there for seditious libel, playwright Ben Jonson for murder, and the Captain Kidd for piracy. 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. Praise for The History of Newgate Prison “An amazing, entertaining and informative book!” —Books Monthly “This is a highly readable and accessible account, not only of the iconic institution, but also of the history of crime and punishment. It is packed full of evocative detail and is essential reading for all those interested in crime history.” —Who Do You Think You Are? magazine
Book Synopsis London: City of the Dead by : David Brandon
Download or read book London: City of the Dead written by David Brandon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London's culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City (Sutton, 2006) weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most curious features, such as London's Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery, with the culture of death exposed in the works of great writers such as Dickens. The book captures for the first time a side of the city that has always been every bit as fascinating and colourful as other better known aspects of the metropolis. It shows London in all its moods - serious, comic, tragic and heroic-and celebrates its robust acceptance of the only certainty in life.
Book Synopsis Did They Rest in Peace? by : Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.
Download or read book Did They Rest in Peace? written by Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to “Rest in Peace.” Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.
Book Synopsis A Literary Topography of Old London by : Wilberforce Jenkinson
Download or read book A Literary Topography of Old London written by Wilberforce Jenkinson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lost City of London by : Robert Wynn Jones
Download or read book The Lost City of London written by Robert Wynn Jones and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the London lost in the Great Fire
Book Synopsis Lyrics of Old London by : Dorothy Margaret Stuart
Download or read book Lyrics of Old London written by Dorothy Margaret Stuart and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rambles in Old London by : George Byron Gordon
Download or read book Rambles in Old London written by George Byron Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Old London by : Gertrude Burford Rawlings
Download or read book Old London written by Gertrude Burford Rawlings and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book London Lives written by Tim Hitchcock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the lives and experiences of hundreds of thousands of eighteenth-century non-elite Londoners in the evolution of the modern world.
Book Synopsis Inns and Taverns of Old London by : Henry C. Shelley
Download or read book Inns and Taverns of Old London written by Henry C. Shelley and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Highwayman written by Katherine Pym and published by BWL Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is London 1666 and the plague is waning. The 2nd Anglo/Dutch war rages at sea. Lord Pilcher, a staunch Cromwell man, hates his grandson who followed King Charles II into exile. When Geoffrey returns to England, bereft and weary, he hopes for succor and support from his grandfather but Pilcher does everything he can to deny Geoffrey his inheritance. As a result, Geoffrey resorts to deceit. He steals goods and money from his grandfather that, by right, should be his. After the death of their parents, Erasmus and Desiderius find Gentleman Jack and are welcomed into his gang of fellows. They learn sleight of hand, transfer stolen goods to cunning hidey-holes. They learn how to be nefarious and follow their leader’s skullduggery. Dodging the constables and the sheriff, will they be caught and hanged for highway robbery?
Book Synopsis Old London bridge. Illustr. by A. Ashley by : George Herbert B. Rodwell
Download or read book Old London bridge. Illustr. by A. Ashley written by George Herbert B. Rodwell and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Memorials of Old London by : Peter Hampson Ditchfield
Download or read book Memorials of Old London written by Peter Hampson Ditchfield and published by London : Derby, Bemrose. This book was released on 1908 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old London City written by Lilian Russan and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
