Mr. Gay's London: With Extracts from the Proceedings at the Sessions of the Peace, and Oyer and Terminer for the City of London and County of Middlesex in the Years 1732 and 1733

by A.P. Herbert

Paints a vivid picture of London during the early 1700s, through excerpts from court cases prosecuted during 1732 and 1733, a time when court proceedings were colorful, comical, and unruly, and testimonies were recorded in the dialect of the speaker.

Genres: London

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 7, 1976

About the author

Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, CH (usually writing as A.P. Herbert or A.P.H.) was an English humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist. He was an independent Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford University for 15 years, five of which he combined with service in the Royal Navy.