A Prison Diary Volume I

Hell

Jeffrey Archer

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Pan Books
08 August 2023

Autobiography: historical, political & military; Diaries, letters & journals; Prisons

Series: The Prison Diaries

Hell is the haunting first volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Prison Diaries, the author's daily record of the time he spent there.

'The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a glorious summer day. I've been incarcerated in a cell five paces by three for twelve and a half hours, and will not be let out again until midday; eighteen and a half hours of solitary confinement. There is a child of seventeen in the cell below me who has been charged with shoplifting - his first offence, not even convicted - and he is being locked up for eighteen and a half hours, unable to speak to anyone. This is Great Britain in the twenty-first century, not Turkey, not Nigeria, not Kosovo, but Britain.'

On Thursday 19 July 2001, after a perjury trial lasting seven weeks, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in jail. He was to spend the first twenty-two days and fourteen hours in HMP Belmarsh, a double A-Category high-security prison in South London, which houses some of Britain's most violent criminals. This volume recounts his experience while there.

By: Jeffrey Archer
Imprint: Pan Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New Edition
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 208g
ISBN: 9781509808878
ISBN 10: 1509808876
Series: The Prison Diaries
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 08 August 2023
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeffrey Archer, whose novels and short stories include the Clifton Chronicles, Kane and Abel and Cat O' Nine Tales, is one of the world's favourite storytellers and has topped the bestseller lists around the world in a career spanning four decades. His work has been sold in ninety-seven countries and in more than thirty-seven languages. He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction, short stories and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries). Jeffrey is also an art collector, sports lover and amateur auctioneer, conducting numerous charity auctions every year. A member of the House of Lords for over a quarter of a century, the author is married to Dame Mary Archer, and they have two sons, two grandsons and two granddaughters.

Reviews for A Prison Diary Volume I: Hell

A haunting and compelling insight into prison life * Daily Mail * Surprisingly effective . . . A devastating critique written simply and directly * The Sunday Times * The finest thing that he has ever written * Independent on Sunday *