author
Arthur Griffiths
1838–1908
A soldier, prison inspector, and prolific Victorian writer, he brought an unusual mix of official experience and storytelling to his books. His work ranges from crime and prison history to military history and sensation fiction, giving readers a lively window into the late 19th century.
22 Audiobooks
The Rome Express
by Arthur Griffiths
Millbank Penitentiary: An Experiment in Reformation
by Arthur Griffiths
Early French Prisons Le Grand and Le Petit Châtelets; Vincennes; The Bastile; Loches; The Galleys; Revolutionary Prisons
by Arthur Griffiths
Non-Criminal Prisons English Debtor's Prisons and Prisons of War; French War Prisons; American War Prisons with References to Those of Other Lands
by Arthur Griffiths
Italian Prisons St. Angelo; the Piombi; the Vicaria; Prisons of the Roman Inquisition
by Arthur Griffiths
The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins
by T. G. (Thomas George) Bonney, Grant Allen, Arthur Griffiths, Eustace A. (Eustace Alfred) Reynolds-Ball, H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 2 From the eighteenth century to its demolition
by Arthur Griffiths
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
by Arthur Griffiths
A Son of Mars, volume 1
by Arthur Griffiths
Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 1 From the twelfth to the eighteenth century
by Arthur Griffiths
The Passenger from Calais
by Arthur Griffiths
Modern French Prisons Bicêtre; St. Pélagie; St. Lazare; La Force; The Conciergerie; La Grande and La Petite Roquettes; Mazas; La Santé
by Arthur Griffiths
Spanish Prisons The Inquisition at Home and Abroad, Prisons Past and Present
by Arthur Griffiths
The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 2/2
by Arthur Griffiths
The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2
by Arthur Griffiths
A Son of Mars, volume 2
by Arthur Griffiths
German and Austrian Prisons Prisons of Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and Austria-Hungary; the Fortresses of Magdeburg and Spielberg
by Arthur Griffiths
Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Arthur Griffiths
Prisons Over Seas Deportation and Colonization; British and American Prisons of To-day
by Arthur Griffiths
Oriental Prisons Prisons and Crime in India, the Andaman Islands, Burmah, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey
by Arthur Griffiths
Russian Prisons St. Peter and St. Paul; the Schlüsselburg; the Ostrog at Omsk; the story of Siberian exile; Tiumen, Tomsk, Saghalien
by Arthur Griffiths
Battles of the nineteenth century, vol. 1 of 7
by Archibald Forbes, Arthur Griffiths, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
About the author
Born in Poona, India, in 1838, Arthur Griffiths went on to serve as a British army officer before building a second career in public service. He later became a prison administrator and inspector, and that firsthand knowledge of institutions and criminal justice strongly shaped much of his writing.
Griffiths was an extraordinarily productive author, publishing more than 60 books. He wrote across several fields, including military history, true crime, prison history, and fiction, and he also worked for a time as a military correspondent for The Times. That breadth helps explain why his books can feel both well-informed and highly readable.
Today he is especially remembered for works that draw on the worlds of prisons, policing, and crime, as well as for historical writing on 19th-century wars. His background gave him a practical, observant voice that still stands out in Victorian nonfiction and popular storytelling.