Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison by Jerry White

Mansions of Misery: A Biography of the Marshalsea Debtors' Prison

Jerry White

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For ordinary Londoners debt was part of everyday life. The poor depended on credit from shopkeepers and landlords to survive, but the better-off too were often deep in debt to finance their more comfortable, even luxurious lifestyle. When creditor...

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