Chris Bryant

Broschiertes Buch

James and John

A True Story of Prejudice and Murder

Beschreibung

This 'staggering' (TLS), 'must-read' (Keir Starmer) book from the Labour minister and Sunday TImes bestselling author Chris Bryant resurrects the lives of the last two men who were hanged in England for being gay.

Autor

Chris Bryant

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781526644992
• ISBN-10: 1526644991
• Artikelnr.: 70724193

Rezensionen

Thanks to one resourceful Old Bailey court record-keeper and a good dose of archival zeal, in his new book Bryant uncovers the story of James Pratt and John Smith, the last men in England to be hanged for being gay. The resulting work is an insight into a supposedly enlightened era - of slavery abolitionists and the Great Reform Act. Bryant meticulously stitches together the reality beneath . . . With its courtroom denouement and Dickensian setting, TV commissioners will take note