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The
Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins will appeal to fans of Anne Perry and C.J.
Sansom with the murderous activity occurring during the reign of King George II
rather than Victorian or Tudor times.
Thomas
Hawkins is a “gentleman” ne’er do well who finds himself strapped to his coffin
in a cart jostling along the road to his hanging at Tyburn for a murder he did
not commit. While Hawkins pleads his innocence and hopes for a pardon from
Queen Caroline for whom he has provided some valuable services, he knows that
dead men tell no tales and that his death might prove convenient for the Queen.
The
book is well researched, entertaining and gives the reader an intimate look
into life in London during the early 18th Century including the
filth, seediness, prodigious interest in porn, fetish brothels, spousal abuse,
criminal investigations and the pomp and circumstance of executions.
Publication Date: March 15, 2016
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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