Shades of the Prison House

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.

Shades of the Prison House explores the history of imprisonment in the British Isles from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Over the centuries, prisons - from castle dungeons to "lockups" to "penitentiaries" to gaols -have changed radically in nam...