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You wouldn't want to be in a medieval dungeon! : prisoners you'd rather not meet
Title:
You wouldn't want to be in a medieval dungeon! : prisoners you'd rather not meet
Author:
Macdonald, Fiona.
ISBN:
9780531123126
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Franklin Watts, c2003.
Physical Description:
32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
You wouldn't want to
Series Title:
You wouldn't want to
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
A career change -- Who will you work for? -- Types of prisons -- Castle life -- Criminals, traitors, and outlaws -- Bad company -- Innocent victims -- Dealing with prisoners -- Rats, lice, and fleas -- The soft option -- No escape! -- Freedom or death.
Abstract:
Describes what life was like in medieval dungeons during the late fifteenth century, as seen through the eyes of the jailer.