Tyburn Tree (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Its History and AnnalsBy Alfred Marks
Length11h 32m
About this audiobook
Tyburn Tree is a meticulously assembled history of London's most notorious place of execution, tracing the gallows from its medieval origins to its symbolic centrality in eighteenth-century penal culture. Marks combines antiquarian research, legal anecdote, urban topography, and grim narrative detail to show how public punishment became both civic ritual and popular spectacle. Its style is sober, documentary, and annalistic, belonging to a tradition of late-Victorian and Edwardian historical writing fascinated by crime, custom, and the material memory of the city. Alfred Marks writes as an antiquary deeply attentive to records, monuments, and the vanished geography of London. His interest in Tyburn reflects a broader scholarly impulse to recover the social meanings embedded in streets, place-names, and public ceremonies. Rather than sensationalizing executions, he situates them within legal procedure, religious performance, crowd behavior, and the evolving conscience of the metropolis. This book is recommended to readers of criminal history, London studies, and the cultural history of punishment. It will especially reward those who value archival detail and measured historical prose, offering a disturbing but illuminating portrait of justice as public theatre.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 32 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Simple Story (Annotated)
5ANNALS (pt. 3)
2TYBURN TREE Its History and Annals
6Footnote
3ANNALS (pt. 1)
7INDEX
4ANNALS (pt. 2)
8Memorable Quotes
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