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Newgate: London’s Prototype of Hell

Paperback • 2007 • English

Newgate: London’s Prototype of Hell

By Stephen Halliday

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About the book

Of all London's prisons Newgate was the most notorious. From the twelfth to the twentieth century Newgate occupied the site of one of the ancient Roman gates of London. It was rebuilt five times before being demolished and replaced by the Old Bailey. Newgate housed, among many others, Daniel Defoe, Titus Oates and the Italian libertine Giacomo Casanova. Trials lasted about fifteen minutes and the execution prcessions from Newgate to Tyburn were so riotous that they were discontinued in favour of...Show more

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ISBN

9780750938969

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Newgate: London’s Prototype of Hell

Format

Paperback

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