
Hell
A Prison Diary 1
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for £11.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Jonathan Keeble
-
By:
-
Jeffrey Archer
About this listen
Prisoner FF8282 gazes out from confinement on what he deems must be a glorious summer's day, rays of sunlight bursting through the barred windows of his cell.
Within the thick prison walls separating society from its dangerous criminals, a multitude of harrowing fates unfold, seldomly explored by the public. First-time offenders thrown in cells with hardened criminals, several inmates becoming heroin addicts and a system riddled with flaws. However, even in prison the sunlight cannot be kept out.
Thursday 19 July 2001, following a seven-week perjury trial, international, bestselling author Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison; the first twenty-two days and fourteen hours of which were spent in the notorious HMP Belmarsh facility in south London. This experience led to Archer’s best-selling volumes, The Prison Diaries, a detailed, hour-by-hour recollection of his time spent amongst criminals in the high-security prison, housing murderers, terrorists and some of Britain’s most violent criminals. Still under these harsh circumstances, Archer manages to show that like the rays of sunlight pushing through heavy bars, humanity can be found even in the inferno of hell.
Hell is the first volume in the series, offering the author’s firsthand depiction of prison life, while simultaneously highlighting a system failing society as a whole and as individuals, where inmates leave worse off and more dangerous than when they first entered.
Jeffrey Archer is a bestselling British author and former politician. He was educated at Oxford and went on to become a Member of Parliament, the deputy chair of the Conservative Party as well as sitting in the House of Lords. His political career ended in scandal and he turned to writing and he has been published in over 275 million copies worldwide.
He is perhaps most famous for the Clifton Chronicles and his blockbuster "Kane and Abel" which was number one on the New York Time’s Bestseller list and inspired a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss and Sam Neill.
After he was imprisoned for perjury in 2001, he wrote his highly acclaimed non-fiction series, Prison Diaries - Hell, Purgatory and Heaven - which were inspired by his experiences and loosely structured around Dante's Divine Comedy.
©2021 SAGA Egmont (P)2021 SAGA EgmontInteresting
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Worth a listen for sure.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
No punches pulled
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It appears to be an honest and at times heartbreaking account. Following a guilty verdict for a non violent crime he’s sent to Belmarsh prison. His discipline in setting down a narrative of daily routine is remarkable. He captures the isolation and desperation to perfection, without self indulgence. I found the narrative honest, moving and polished it off in a couple of sessions. I’m about to start the second book of his prison years. A compelling account of the judicial system and how many are failed.
Excellent narration and heartfelt account
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An Enjoyable Listen
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I’ve always loved Jeffrey Archer but this is his best yet.
Well narrated by Jonathan Keeble, although his Irish accent is a bit off. We all do not speak with the Northern Irish lilt.
Compelling
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Didn’t think I’d like this book, but I really enjoyed it
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Recommended
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I have previously only read Not a Penny More by Jeffery Archer and, although totally different, He'll is As compelling a read as his first fictional work. Some of the accounts given to him by other prisoners would themselves provide the basis for novels in their own right, too.
Narration is by Jonathan Keeble, his most pleasant voice perfectly paced, intonation excellent and even individual voices sound appropriate. An excellent performance. This is a compelling read, especially for anyone who has never been a prison inmate and, if Mr.Archer seem to complain about the meals he receives a little too frequently, the rest of his time in HRP Belmarsh is fascinating. Very much recommended.
"I never are puddings before I went to prison."
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Revealing
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.