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15 de feb. de 2024 · In this masterful work of history, Chris Bryant delves deep into the public archives, scouring poor law records, workhouse registers, prisoner calendars and private correspondence, meticulously recreates the lives of two men whose names are known to history – but whose story has been lost, until now. Show more.
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.
17 de feb. de 2024 · Fifty-six men were executed for the crime of sodomy in England in the opening decades of the 19th century. James and John would be the last to go to the gallows, and so are remembered as legal...
James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder. Book of the Week. Through the lens of a landmark trial, Chris Bryant scours public and private records to tell the story of what it...
Episode 1 - The Move to London. 1/6 Simon Russell Beale reads the story of the last men in Britain to be hanged for sodomy. All episodes of James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and...
From award-winning historian and Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Bryant MP, James and John tells the story of what it meant to be gay in early 19th-century Britain through the lens of a landmark trial.
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.
