THE NEWGATE CALENDAR 3 Wherein are related the exploits of murderers, ravishers and rogues

paperback. A third selection of the criminals and their punishment around the beginning of the 19th century, in London's notoriously brutal Newgate Prison. Diabolically ruthless crimes - infanticide, seduction, attempted assassination, cannibalism - crimes only matched by the savagery of Newgate Prison itself, where there were cruel and vicious conditions and constant threats of torture. 220pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg.