Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England by Frank McLynn

Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Frank McLynn

392 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative slow-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth?

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...