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The Devil in the Marshalsea, by Antonia Hodgson

Antonia Hodgson The Devil in the Marshalsea (Paperback) - Common - by Antonia Hodgson

Tom Hawkins needs to grow up. Three years before Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea begins, Tom refused to be ordained and ran away to London. Since then, he's been living the life of a gentleman—which he defines when asked as "doing as little as possible." He drinks. He whores. He gambles. He's the despair of his friend, Charles Buckley, and his estranged family. And in the London of 1727, it's only a matter of time before his luck runs out...

 

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