History Margaret Catchpole (1762-1819) 10 Oct 2020 By George W.M. Reynolds The following interesting and true narrative was written by G.W.M. Reynolds and printed in Reynolds's Miscellany in 1845. It tells the story of Margaret Catchpole, a…
History The Assassin 9 Oct 20209 Oct 2020 By George W.M. Reynolds The following was a short story written by Reynolds which appeared in The London Journal in 1845. Chapter One: A Deed of Horror Before we enter…
History Executed Via Guillotine: An Eye-Witness Account 4 Oct 20204 Oct 2020 Everyone knows what the guillotine is—it is an instrument that gained notoriety during the French Revolution (1789–1815) when, during the Reign of Terror, the Jacobin-dominated Committee of Public Safety sentenced…
18th century… Hanging the Slave Traders 1 Oct 2020 Books with the title of The Newgate Calendar were published as early as the mid-eighteenth century. Mostly they were collections of “Last Dying Speeches” of criminals and short biographies of…
History “Emulative of the character of Robin Hood”: The Highwayman Thomas Rainford in the “Second Series” of The Mysteries of London (1844–48) 27 Sep 202027 Sep 2020 Here is a post I wrote on Reynolds's highwaymen Thomas Rainford, alias Mr Hatfield, who is one of the most fascinating characters in the Second Series of The Mysteries of…
History “Paula Monti” (1842), by Eugene Sue 7 Sep 20207 Sep 2020 By Dr Rebecca Nesvet Eugène Sue’s Paula Monti, ou l'Hôtel Lambert, illustrated by Jules David, published in 1842 and translated, “by the translator of the Mysteries of Paris” (G.W.M. Reynolds)…
