The devil in the marshalsea ebook written by antonia hodgson. The author based her account on a memoir written in the time period by a debtor who lived there and includes the actual scoundrels who ruled the castle in those treacherous years. Hodgson serves up a rare delight in this story of a young mans desperate endeavors in the debtors prison of marshalsea in london in the early 1700s. This historical thriller has elements of zafons swashbuckling prisoner of heaven and charles dickens attention to detail, with characters who actually lived and survived the horrors of the eighteenth century debtors prison in england. The devil in the marshalsea antonia hodgson august 27, 2014 books antonia hodgson august 2014 books historical mysteries london, 1727 and tom hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffeehouses into the hell of a debtors prison.
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Antonia hodgson author of the devil in the marshalsea. She attended littleover community school where she first studied the time of the early georgians in alevel history. Tom hawkins meets every one of them as he tries to figure out who killed capt. Sep 11, 2014 the devil in the marshalsea by antonia hodgson, 9781444775433, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The first thrilling historical crime novel starring thomas hawkins. The devil in the marshalsea by antonia hodgson it happens to the best of us. The devil in the marshalsea ebook by antonia hodgson. About the author antonia hodgson was born and grew up in derby and studied english at the university of leeds. The devil in the marshalsea, book by antonia hodgson.
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