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The man in the dark cell in Newgate Prison was due to hang in a week. He had been found guilty of murdering the aristocrat whose portrait he was painting. He claimed to be innocent - but then the hangman had never hanged a guilty man, he said.
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Gallows Thief, Bernard Cornwell
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- Gallows Thief
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernard Cornwell
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0007127944
- ISBN13
- 9780007127948
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Murders, Detective Fiction, British Literature, England, 19th century, Historical Romance, Great Britain, London, Historical Mystery, Investigation, Regency, Aristocracy, nobility, Soldiers, Death Penalty, Waterloo
- First published
- 2001
- Original title
- Gallows thief
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- The man in the dark cell in Newgate Prison was due to hang in a week. He had been found guilty of murdering the aristocrat whose portrait he was painting. He claimed to be innocent - but then the hangman had never hanged a guilty man, he said.