Mansions of Misery by Jerry White
But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capitals most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors Prison. In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital Jerry White introduces us to the Marshalseas unfortunate prisoners rich and poor;
This colourful, exuberant, brilliantly detailed account by Jerry White is the latest in a long list of irreplaceable books about London -- Simon Callow * Guardian *
[It] is searching and brimful of intriguing characters. -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
[A] marvellous history of the Marshalsea Debtor’s Prison… In vivid prose White conjures a murky underworld of jailbird chancers and scufflers of one stripe or another. -- Ian Thomson * Evening Standard - London Books of the Year *
[An] excellent, detailed book. -- Hermione Eyre * Spectator *
A factual portrait of desperate and roughish Londoners that is as startling as anything in Dickens. Its wealth of anecdote and sympathetic style, spiced with witty observations makes this the very opposite of a miserable read. -- George Goodwin * BBC History Magazine, Book of the Year *
[It] is searching and brimful of intriguing characters. -- John Carey * Sunday Times *
[A] marvellous history of the Marshalsea Debtor’s Prison… In vivid prose White conjures a murky underworld of jailbird chancers and scufflers of one stripe or another. -- Ian Thomson * Evening Standard - London Books of the Year *
[An] excellent, detailed book. -- Hermione Eyre * Spectator *
A factual portrait of desperate and roughish Londoners that is as startling as anything in Dickens. Its wealth of anecdote and sympathetic style, spiced with witty observations makes this the very opposite of a miserable read. -- George Goodwin * BBC History Magazine, Book of the Year *
Professor Jerry White teaches London history at Birkbeck, University of London. He is the author of an acclaimed trilogy of London from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. His more recent books include Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison and Zeppelin Nights, a social history of London during the First World War. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of London in 2005 and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099593324 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099593327 |
| Title | Mansions of Misery |
| Author | Jerry White |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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