Customer Reviews
A tale of despair - By: Aesop, 24 Sep 2008 
This book gives an excellent account of life through the centuries at Newgate prison. It illustrates how the gaol operated, the various levels of discomfort available subject to ones wealth & thankfully doesn't dwell too much on the various forms of torture on offer.
It gives a great insight into lifein general over the last few centuries & how our ever-changing penal code impacts on societyin general.
Definitely worth a read.
The Buildings Have Changed - The Ghosts Linger - By: Joan H. Hammond, 08 Apr 2006 Between October '92 & March 2000, I was employed as a court attendant at the Old Bailey,and whenever you ventured into certain parts of the building, you felt you were far from alone. There was a cold, horrible, I-don't-want-to-be-here-a-moment-longer feeling, & I worked hard to find out why, when it was such a lovely building to work in.
This book has filledin the gaps, & now I realised I was probably walking over someone's grave. Someone who died, unloved, uncared for & unknown from diseases too horrible to contemplate.
Yet, to many, Newgate was the face of civilised incarceration for the wrongdoer.
Read this book & next time you walk past the Old Bailey, stop, think, & wonder - "Who is buried beneath me"?
