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James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
| Author:
Chris Bryant
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author:
Chris Bryant
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
Original price was: ₹699.₹594Current price is: ₹594.
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FoA BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
Newgate Prison, 1835. James Pratt and John Smith. Both were convicted of homosexuality ‘an unnatural offence’. Both would be hanged at the gallows. And yet the 1830s was a time of great reform, when capital punishment was in decline. Of the jailed men alongside them, why were James and John alone not spared?
Labour MP and bestselling author Chris Bryant delves deep into the public archives, scouring poor law records, workhouse registers, prisoner calendars and private correspondence to recreate the lives of two men whose names are known to history -but whose story has been lost, until now.
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FoA BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
Newgate Prison, 1835. James Pratt and John Smith. Both were convicted of homosexuality ‘an unnatural offence’. Both would be hanged at the gallows. And yet the 1830s was a time of great reform, when capital punishment was in decline. Of the jailed men alongside them, why were James and John alone not spared?
Labour MP and bestselling author Chris Bryant delves deep into the public archives, scouring poor law records, workhouse registers, prisoner calendars and private correspondence to recreate the lives of two men whose names are known to history -but whose story has been lost, until now.
About Author
Chris Bryant has been the Member of Parliament for Rhondda since 2001. He was Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Europe in the last Labour government, and has been Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Shadow Leader of the House of Commons. The author of six previous books, he has written regularly for the Guardian and the Independent, and has appeared on every major TV and radio news and current affairs programme. He was the first gay MP to celebrate his civil partnership in the Palace of Westminster.
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