The Rise, Fall and Redemption of James Fairweather

The book ''Six Years in the Prisons of England'', published anonymously in the 1860s, offers a fascinating glimpse into the harshness of Victorian prison life. Written by a once wealthy and respectable Dundee jute merchant, the author''s first-hand account describes the conditions under which he and fellow convicts were kept and exposes the many failings in the prison system of the day.Now, a cent...