Gallows thief

Book Cover
Average Rating
Author:
Cornwell, Bernard
Language:
English
Choose a Format
Book
      Show Edition
On Shelf
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Fiction
CORNWELL
Middlecreek Community - Adult Fiction
CORNWELL
North Regional - Adult Fiction has 2
CORNWELL
  Quick Copy View
Place Hold
Also in This Series
More Details
ISBN:
9780060082741
Published Reviews
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID836e504c-070f-3907-70fd-ecb101c9db03
Grouping Titlegallows thief
Grouping Authorbernard cornwell
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-04-21 03:13:54AM
Last Indexed2024-04-28 03:20:53AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Cornwell, Bernard
author_display
Cornwell, Bernard
available_at_catalog
Fuquay-Varina Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Wendell Community
collection_catalog
Adult Fiction
detailed_location_catalog
Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult Fiction
Leesville Community - Adult Fiction
Middlecreek Community - Adult Fiction
North Regional - Adult Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Fiction
Wendell Community - Adult Fiction
display_description
A spellbinding historical drama about an ex-soldier in 1820s London who must help rescue an innocent man from Death Row, by bestselling author Bernard Cornwell It is the end of the Napoleonic Wars and England has just fought its last victorious battle against the French. As Rider Sandman and the other heroes of Waterloo begin to make their way back to England, they find a country where corruption, poverty, and social unrest run rampant, and where "justice" is most often delivered at the end of a hangman's noose. Nowhere in London are the streets as busy as in front of Newgate Prison, its largest penitentiary, where mobs gather regularly to watch the terrible spectacle of the doomed men and women on the gallows' stands. Rider Sandman -- whose reputation on the battlefields of France is exceeded only by his renown on the cricket fields of England -- returns home from war to discover his personal affairs in a shambles. Creditors have taken over his estate, leaving him penniless -- and forcing him to release the woman he loves from her obligations to marry him. Desperate to right his situation, he accepts the offer of a job investigating the claims of innocence by a painter due to hang for murder in a few days' time. The Home Secretary makes it clear that this is pro-forma, and that he expects Sandman to rubber-stamp the verdict. But Sandman's investigation reveals that something is amiss -- that there is merit to the young artist's claims. He further discovers that, though the Queen herself has ordered a reinvestigation of the circumstances, someone else does not want the truth revealed. In a race against the clock, Sandman moves from the hellish bowels of Newgate prison to the perfumed drawing rooms of the aristocracy, determined to rescue the innocent man from the rope. As he begins to peel back the layers of an utterly corrupt penal system, he finds himself pitted against some of the wealthiest and most ruthless men in Regency England. Gallows Thief combines the rich historical texture of Edward Rutherford and the taut suspense of Caleb Carr to create an eviscerating portrait of capital punishment in nineteenth-century London.
format_catalog
Book
format_category_catalog
Books
id
836e504c-070f-3907-70fd-ecb101c9db03
isbn
9780060082741
last_indexed
2024-04-28T07:20:53.276Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
CORNWELL
owning_library_catalog
Wake County Public Libraries
owning_location_catalog
Fuquay-Varina Community
Leesville Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Oberlin Regional
Wendell Community
primary_isbn
9780060082741
publishDate
2005
publisher
Perennial
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Death row inmates -- Fiction
Historical fiction
London (England) -- Fiction
Mystery fiction
Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction
title_display
Gallows thief
title_full
Gallows thief / Bernard Cornwell
title_short
Gallows thief
topic_facet
Death row inmates
Private investigators

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
ils:7065687177997North Regional - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseOn ShelfNOR
ils:7065687114536Leesville Community - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseChecked outLEE
ils:7065685779245North Regional - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseOn ShelfNOR
ils:7065685779246Fuquay-Varina Community - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseOn ShelfFUQ
ils:7065686226831Oberlin Regional - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseOn ShelfOBR
ils:7065686226832Middlecreek Community - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseOn ShelfMID
ils:7065686872029Wendell Community - Adult FictionCORNWELL1falsefalseOn ShelfWEN

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ils:706568BookBooksFirst Perennial editionEnglishPerennial2005297 pages : map ; 21 cm

scoping_details_catalog

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
ils:7065687177997On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7065687114536Checked outChecked outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7065685779245On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7065685779246On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7065686226831On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7065686226832On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
ils:7065686872029On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
Borrower Reviews