Author: d'Oliveira, Luis de Lemos Mendes
Title: Da Cadeia (Cartas d'um Recurso)
Description: Coimbra, Imprensa Academica, 1936. orig.wrappers. 21x16cm, 139,(2) pp, Author's presentation inscription on half-title. Published in an edition of 500 copies, each signed by author.. Rubbed. Some chips & tears to covers. Spine tears. Good. ¶ Not listed in OCLC. A series of letters sent by author from two Coimbra prisons: Cadeia de Santa Cruz de Coimbra & Cadeia Civil de Coimbra, ca. December 193 4- July 1936. Author was sentenced to 2 years for embezzlement.

Keywords: Portuguese Penology, Portugal, Prison Literature, Prisoners, Coimbra, Cadeia, Prisons, Criminology, Social History