Author: James NeildPublisher:
ISBN: 9780415231299
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
State of the Prisons in England, Scotland, and Wales, Not for the Debtor Only, But for Felons Also, and Other Less Criminal Offenders
Author: James NeildPublisher:
ISBN: 9780415231299
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
The State of Prisons of England, Scotland and Wales
Author: James NeildPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108036996
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Written by philanthropist James Neild, this 1812 publication exposes the harsh conditions of debtors' prisons and advocates penal reform.
State of the Prisons in England, Scotland, and Wales
Author: James NeildState of the prisons in England, Scotland and Wales, ...
Author: James NeildEnglish Prisons Under Local Government
Author: Sidney WebbPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local government
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
The Profligate Son
Author: Nicola PhillipsPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465037747
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Foppish, impulsive, and philandering: William Jackson was every Georgian parent's worst nightmare. Gentlemen were expected to be honorable and virtuous, but William was the opposite, much to the dismay of his father, a well-to-do representative of the East India Company in Madras. In The Profligate Son, historian Nicola Phillips meticulously reconstructs William's life from a recently discovered family archive, describing how his youthful misbehavior reduced his family to ruin. At first, William seemed destined for a life of great fortune, but before long, he was indulging regularly in pornography and brothels and using his father's abundant credit to swindle tradesmen. Eventually, William found himself in debtor's prison and then on a long, typhus-ridden voyage to an Australian penal colony. He spent the rest of his days there, dying a pauper at the age of thirty-seven. A masterpiece of literary nonfiction as dramatic as any Dickens novel, The Profligate Son transports readers from the steamy streets of India, to London's elegant squares and seedy brothels, to the sunbaked shores of Australia, tracing the arc of a life long buried in history.
A New Civic Order:
Author: John McGowanPublisher: Turlough Publishers
ISBN: 0956791743
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
dictionary of national biography
Author: Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Dictionary of National Biography Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Author: