Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison

by Jerry White

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For Londoners of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, debt was a part of everyday life. But when your creditors lost their patience, you might be thrown into one of the capital's most notorious jails: the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison.

In Mansions of Misery, acclaimed chronicler of the capital Jerry White introduces us to the Marshalsea's unfortunate prisoners - rich and poor; men and women; spongers, fraudsters and innocents...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0099593327

ISBN13:9780099593324

Release Date:October 2017

Publisher:Vintage

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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