The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1, credited to Arthur Griffiths, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1 by Arthur Griffiths. Read in English by Lynne Thompson; JudyDerby; Alimay; Ross Klatte; Kalynda; Kathleen Moore; realisticspeakers Good against evil; right versus wrong; the judicial system against the criminal world. The struggle is as old as mankind. Sometimes the lines are blurred as the 'good' punish the 'bad' - the warriors against crime have resorted not only to killing wrong-doers, but additionally subjecting them to "starvation or the withholding of fluid, by drowning, stoning, impaling or by exposing the wretched victims to the stings of insects or snakes." Newgate Prison was one of the most famous - or infamous - prisons in England from the middle ages until the nineteenth century. Griffiths, a prison administrator, takes us inside where we discover "man's inhumanity to man". ( Lynne Thompson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Chronicles of Newgate Vol 1
• Author credits: Arthur Griffiths
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 9:06:00

Catalogue topics

• Crime
• pirates
• torture
• punishment
• prison
• execution
• highwaymen

Track guide

1. 01 - General Introduction — 8:41
2. 02 - Introduction — 5:25
3. 03 - Mediaeval Newgate — 40:46
4. 04 - Newgate In The Sixteenth Century — 54:01
5. 05 - Newgate In The Seventeenth Century — 27:53
6. 06 - Newgate After The Great Fire Part 1 — 29:15
7. 07 - Newgate After The Great Fire Part 2 — 30:55
8. 08 - The Press-Yard — 40:29
9. 09 - Notable Executions Part 1 — 41:25
10. 10 - Notable Executions Part 2 — 46:57
11. 11 - Remarkable Escapes — 50:15
12. 12 - Newgate In The Eighteenth Century Part 1 — 27:01
13. 13 - Newgate In The Eighteenth Century Part 2 — 31:38
14. 14 - Later Records Part 1 — 28:51
15. 15 - Later Records Part 2 — 34:48
16. 16 - Highwaymen And Pirates — 47:41

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