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The author based her account on a memoir written in the time period by a debtor who lived there and includes the actual scoundrels who ruled the castle in those treacherous years. Tom hawkins is damned if hes going to follow in his fathers footsteps and become a country parson. About the author antonia hodgson was born and grew up in derby and studied english at the university of leeds. In the devil in the marshalsea, antonia hodgson uses prisoner. Set in september 1727, it introduced tom hawkins a lovable. The first thrilling historical crime novel starring thomas hawkins, a. Aug 22, 2014 the devil in the marshalsea had me glued to the pages well into the wee hours of the night. The devil in the marshalsea by antonia hodgson, paperback. Click to read more about the devil in the marshalsea by antonia hodgson. The devil in the marshalsea by hodgson, antonia ebook.
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