At Her Majesty's Pleasure

In an entirely stand-alone book, Robert Douglas completes his autobiographical trilogy, taking us through the sixties and into the eighties with his memories of life as a prison officer, and, at the end of his career, as an electricity charge hand driving around the Yorkshire Dales. He tells us of his prison experiences, with anecdotes about many of the most famous criminals in British history - the Krays, the Richardsons, the Great Train Robbers, Soviet spies and many more. Told in the same endearing and fascinating voice that readers of "Last Song of the Night Tram" and "Somewhere to Lay My Head" first fell in love with, this volume continues the story of Robert's remarkable journey of self-education, introducing us to larger-than-life characters on both sides of the bars, and evoking a strong sense of social change as Britain emerged from the post-War gloom into the bright lights of the Beatles years.

Book Details

ISBN: 9780340935293
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication Date: 26 July 2007
Format: Hardback
Language: English
Pages: 321 p.