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Religion & Spirituality
IN antiquity and varied interest Newgate prison yields to no place of durance in the world. A gaol has stood on this same site for almost a thousand years. The first prison was nearly as old as the Tower of London, and much... See More
History
Victorian Murders contains all the most shocking cases of murder from Victorian true-crime classic Mysteries of Police & Crime. The author, Major Arthur Griffiths (1838-1908), was Inspector of Her Majesty's Prisons and... See More
Computers & Technology
The Detective Fiction Collection brings together 28 of the greatest detective classics ever written, by the greatest authors to ever live. Featuring: IN A GROVE, by Ry?nosuke Akutagawa FANTOMAS, by Marcel Allain THE... See More
Literature & Fiction
Murder on the Rome Express " The Rome Express, the direttissimo, or most direct, was approaching Paris one morning in March, when it became known to the occupants of the sleeping-car that there was something amiss, very... See More
Religion & SpiritualityTHE three principal prisons in London in the fourteenth century were the Fleet, the King's Bench and the Marshalsea, but Newgate took precedence in interest because identified with its earliest history. All have their... See More
Mystery
Fans of British Detective fiction are in for a treat with Volume 7 of British Mystery Multipacks - THE DETECTIVES. Sixteen classic mysteries from British authors E. W. Hornung, Arthur Griffiths, Baroness Orczy and G. K... See More
Mystery
Jolly hockey-sticks! It's Volume 6 of British Mystery Multipacks: BRITISH SPY MYSTERIES. Seven classic espionage thrillers from across the pond filled with murder, mayhem and suspense: The Thirty-Nine Steps John Buchan's... See More
History
Originally published in 1900, German and Austrian Prisons provides a history of the penal institutions in Germany and Austria, and includes the prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary. The crimes and the... See More
HistoryOriginally published in 1900. See More
Biographies & MemoirsOriginally published in 1900. INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I GENERAL SURVEY Commencement of judicial reform in Russia -- Abandonment of knout and branding iron -- The plet -- Two classes of prisons, the "lock-up" and the "central"... See More
Biographies & MemoirsOriginally published in 1900. See More
HistoryOriginally published in 1900. See More
History
The high water mark of the Confederacy The Battle of Gettysburg, in early July, 1863, began promisingly for Lee and his Confederate forces, but as the fighting progressed it became clear that in a pounding match where... See More
History
It is as true of crime in the Orient as of other habits, customs and beliefs of the East, that what has descended from generation to generation and become not only a tradition but an established fact, is accepted as such by... See More
History
The Tomb of Hadrian, or Castle of St. Angelo, as it has been called since the famous vision of Gregory the Great, is a familiar object to every stranger in Rome. It stands above the yellow Tiber facing the ancient Aelian... See More
HistoryInterest in penal matters in Germany and in Austria-Hungary centres rather in the nature and number of persons who commit crimes than the methods pursued in bringing them to justice or the places in which penalties have been... See More
HistoryThe period in French prison practice treated in this volume is one of transition between the end of the Old Régime and the beginning of the New. It presents first a view of the prisons of the period immediately following... See More
Literature & Fiction
Phoenix Classics is the reference in classical works. All our works are of good quality and contain an active table of contents (HTML), which will make it easier for you to read. This book contains the following works... See More
History
Newgate Prison was a prison in London, at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey just inside the City of London. It was originally located at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. The gate/prison was... See More
HistoryThis is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
HistoryThis is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
Literature & FictionA Son of Mars, by Arthur Griffiths See More
HistoryThis is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
Crime Fiction
5 Classic crime novels in one convenient, low priced ebook Travel back to a simpler time - murders were less common and classic detectives had to rely on deduction and reasoning instead of DNA evidence. Presented here are... See More
Religion & Spirituality
It will hardly be denied after an impartial consideration of all the facts I shall herein set forth, that the British prison system can challenge comparison with any in the world. It may be no more perfect than other human... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
- Includes detailed author biograpghy - Includes foreword with historical context - Not a scanned version! - Handcrafted and typographically edited edition of a classic! After a rough crossing from Dover, Colonel Basil... See More
Literature & Fiction
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. See More
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. See More
Literature & Fiction
In the Paris of the first half of this century there was no darker, dingier, or more forbidding quarter than that which lay north of the Rue de Rivoli, round about the great central market, commonly called the Halles. The... See More
Biographies & Memoirs
Example in this ebook WHEN I undertook the work of which these two volumes are the result, I scarcely realized the extent of the task before me. Now at the termination of my labours, which have extended over a period of... See More