1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung. But one could petition the King and an investigation might ensue! The man in the dark cell in Newgate Prison was due to hang in a week. He had been found guilty of murdering the aristocrat whose portrait he was painting. He claimed to be innocent -- but then the hangman had never hung a guilty man, he said. But even in 1820, the Home Secretary could occasionally use his... Leer más
El autor de Gallows Thief, con isbn 978-0-00-743755-9, es Bernard Cornwell, esta publicación tiene cuatrocientas dieciséis páginas.
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El autor de Gallows Thief, con isbn 978-0-00-743755-9, es Bernard Cornwell, esta publicación tiene cuatrocientas dieciséis páginas.
Otros libros de Cornwell, Bernard son Csg3 Excalibur Bol, El Señor De La Guerra Xiii, Espada De Reyes (xii), Tierra Sangrienta (iv), La Presa De Sharpe (v), La Guerra Del Lobo, Los Estragos De Sharpe y Bandera De Batalla (iii). Ver su bibliografía.