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The Devil in the Marshalsea

Author: Search for this author Hodgson, Antonia
Statement of Responsibility: Antonia Hodgson
Year: 2014
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton
Series: Tom Hawkins; 1
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London, 1727 - and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-houses into the hell of a debtors' prison. The Marshalsea is a savage world of its own, with simple rules: those with family or friends who can lend them a little money may survive in relative comfort. Those with none will starve in squalor and disease. And those who try to escape will suffer a gruesome fate at the hands of the gaol's rutheless governor and his cronies. The trouble is, Tom Hawkins has never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought further terror to the gaol. While the Captain's beautiful widow cries for justice, the finger of suspicion points only one way: to the sly, enigmatic figure of Samuel Fleet. Some call Fleet a devil, a man to avoid at all costs. But Tom Hawkins is sharing his cell. Soon, Tom's choice is clear: get to the truth of the murder - or be the next to die.

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Author: Search for this author Hodgson, Antonia
Statement of Responsibility: Antonia Hodgson
Medium identifier: ee
Year: 2014
Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton
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Classification: Search for this systematic 16
Subject type: Search for this subject type Englisch
ISBN: 978-1-444-77543-3
Description: Paperback, 13. Aufl., 381 S.
Series: Tom Hawkins; 1
Tags: 18. Jahrhundert, Ermittler, Gefängnis, Geschichte 1727, Glücksspiel, London, Mord, Schulden, Spieler, Strafgefangener, 1700-1800, Geschichte 1700-1799, Männlicher Gefangener, Sträfling
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Language: en
Footnote: Anm.
Media group: Dichtung