Gallows Thief
2001 novel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gallows Thief (2001) is a historical mystery novel by Bernard Cornwell set in London, England in the year 1817, which uses capital punishment as its backdrop. The story concerns an amateur investigator hired to rubber-stamp the death sentence of a condemned murderer. Instead, he discovers a conspiracy to conceal the real killer.
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Author | Bernard Cornwell |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical mystery |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 1 Oct 2001 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 384 pp (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 978-0-00-712715-3 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 47192973 |
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