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Can I read Peterhead : the inside story of Scotland's toughest prison on EtoBox?
Peterhead : the inside story of Scotland's toughest prison by Robert Jeffrey is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Peterhead : the inside story of Scotland's toughest prison about?
Robert Jeffrey tells the story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east. Built in the 1880s as part of an ambitious humanitarian plan to use convict labour to construct a 'harbour of refuge' on the town's wild, storm-battered coast, it became what some call Scotland's gulag. A cold and brutal place, it has held down some of Scotland's most violent criminals and most infamous prisoners, convicted of the most heinous of crimes.
Who reads Peterhead : the inside story of Scotland's toughest prison?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert Jeffrey
- Publisher
- Black And White Publishing
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781845025380
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, History, European History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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