The intolerable hulks
Subtitle: British shipboard confinement, 1776-1857
By: Charles Campbell ; [foreword by Esther Heffernan].
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Heritage Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Bowie, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Prison hulks -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Prison hulks -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Prisons -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.; Prisons -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How the need arose; title: Mr. Howard's scrutiny; title: Mr. Campbell's enterprise; title: Newgate; title: On the Warren; title: The Australian connection; title: Mr. Graham's tribulations; title: The Millbank fiasco; title: Mr. Capper takes charge; title: Children of the hulks; title: Bermuda; title: Mr. Duncombe accuses; title: William John Williams examines diligently; title: The end of a voyage to nowhere; title: Epilogue.