James And John: A True Story Of Prejudice Murder Chris Bryant Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

*A Bbc Radio 4 Book Of The Week*‘Carefully Observed Rich In Detail Imaginative Compassionate And Angry A Raw Unexpected Portrait Britain’s Grandeur Wealth Energy Cruelty Hypocrisy Age Liberalism’ Rory Stewart\ Shocking Story Prejudice Injustice Told Meticulous Detail\ Keir Starmerfrom Award-Winning Historian Sunday Times Bestselling Author Chris Bryant Mp James John Tells What It Meant To Be Gay Early 19Th-Century Britain Through Lens Landmark Trial They Had Nothing Expect From Mercy Crown Their Doom Was Sealed No Plea Could Urged Extenuation Crime Well Knew That For Them There Hope This World When Charles Dickens Wrote These Tragic Lines He Penning Fact Not Fiction Visited Condemned Cells At Infamous Prison Newgate Where Seventeen Men Who Been Sentenced Death Were Awaiting News Pleas Two Stood Out: Pratt Smith Convicted Homosexuality Theirs ‘An Unnatural Offence’ So Unmentionable Never Named Why Alone Despaired As Turnkey ‘Dead Men’ 1830S Ushered Great Change Few Short Years Government Swept Away Slavery Rotten Boroughs Child Labour Bribery Corruption Elections Ban On Trades Unions Civil Marriage Also Curtailed ‘Bloody Code’ Treated 200 Petty Crimes Capital Offences Some Thought Penalty Itself Wrong Hanging Hundreds Reprieved Yet King Met With His ‘Hanging’ Cabinet Decided Reprieve All Bar Led Gallows Crowd Hissed Shouted Masterful Work History Delves Deep Into Public Archives Scouring Poor Law Records Workhouse Registers Prisoner Calendars Private Correspondence Recreate Lives Whose Names Are Known – But Has Lost Until Now Σελίδες: 336 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0430 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm