The Devil in the Marshalsea (Audiobook)

from TheTrueBookAddict

Wow! That's the word I will use to describe this book. An unputdownable romp into history and the world of a murderer. Set in 18th century Georgian London and, more specifically, in a debtor's prison called the Marshalsea, this book took me completely by surprise. While I have been reading some g...

from nicx27

This was chosen as a book group read otherwise I would never have read it, and I would have missed out on a wonderful read. A quote on the cover states that it is dripping with atmosphere and it is definitely that. Tom Hawkins, having found himself in the Marshalsea, a brutal debtors prison in th...

from Ameise1

Even though this book has close to 500pp it was a very fast-reading one and I finished it in a short time. It was very gripping and enjoyable. The story is set in the late 18th century. It's the story about the life at Marshalsea which was a debt prison in Southwark Borough. This prison was divid...

from smik

Debtors' prison in 1727 is very different to what we in the 21st century might expect. Those who enter will never truly be free of debt for if they live to serve their sentence they will still have incurred debts in merely surviving. In many cases the debt to the prison will be greater than that ...

from jan.fleming

London, 1727. Tom Hawkins refuses to follow in his father's footsteps and become a country parson. His preference is for wine, women, and cards. But there's honor there too, and Tom won't pull family strings to get himself out of debt-not even when faced with London's notorious debtors' prison.Th...