Shades of the Prison House by Harry Potter
As entertaining as it is informative, this book explores the history of incarceration in the British Isles from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.
An engaging survey of an important subject [and] an ambitious history of imprisonment for a general audience that counters what he believes to be the academy's overemphasis on social control* HISTORY *
[An] entertaining, informative narrative... In narrating the rise and fall of penal welfarism in a lively and engaging manner, Shades of Prison House deserves a wide readership. * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE *
An excellent book...[It] is as informative as it is readable. It ought to be read by anyone interested in the history of prisons, crime, and the 'criminal classes'. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *
I cannot commend this work too highly. As a well-written, witty, academically sound but accessible history of prisons for the general reader it is unsurpassed. * CRIMELINE *
This book is a mine of useful information for any family historian with an interest in those who occupied or ran prisons. -- Gwyneth Wilkie * Genealogists Magazine *
[An] entertaining, informative narrative... In narrating the rise and fall of penal welfarism in a lively and engaging manner, Shades of Prison House deserves a wide readership. * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE *
An excellent book...[It] is as informative as it is readable. It ought to be read by anyone interested in the history of prisons, crime, and the 'criminal classes'. * FACHRS NEWSLETTER *
I cannot commend this work too highly. As a well-written, witty, academically sound but accessible history of prisons for the general reader it is unsurpassed. * CRIMELINE *
This book is a mine of useful information for any family historian with an interest in those who occupied or ran prisons. -- Gwyneth Wilkie * Genealogists Magazine *
HARRY POTTER is a criminal barrister and the author of Hanging in Judgment: Religion and the Death penalty in England form the Bloody Code to Abolition (1993); Blood Feud: The Stewarts and Gordons at War in the Age of Mary Queen of Scots (2002); and Edinburgh Under Siege (2003). With Boydell & Brewer, he has authored Law, Liberty and the Constitution: A Short History of the Common Law (2015) and Shades of the Prison House: A History of Incarceration in the British Isles (2019).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783273317 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783273313 |
| Title | Shades of the Prison House |
| Author | Harry Potter |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 572 |
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