author
Arthur Griffiths
1838–1908
A former army officer and prison inspector, this prolific Victorian writer turned firsthand experience into brisk histories, crime studies, and popular fiction. His books carry the authority of someone who knew the worlds of soldiers, prisons, and investigators from the inside.
22 Audiobooks
The Rome Express
by Arthur Griffiths
Italian Prisons St. Angelo; the Piombi; the Vicaria; Prisons of the Roman Inquisition
by Arthur Griffiths
Early French Prisons Le Grand and Le Petit Châtelets; Vincennes; The Bastile; Loches; The Galleys; Revolutionary Prisons
by Arthur Griffiths
Millbank Penitentiary: An Experiment in Reformation
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
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
Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 2 From the eighteenth century to its demolition
by Arthur Griffiths
A Son of Mars, volume 1
by Arthur Griffiths
The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood
by Arthur Griffiths
Chronicles of Newgate, Vol. 1 From the twelfth to the eighteenth century
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
The Chronicles of Newgate, vol. 1/2
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 Passenger from Calais
by Arthur Griffiths
Prisons Over Seas Deportation and Colonization; British and American Prisons of To-day
by Arthur Griffiths
A Son of Mars, volume 2
by Arthur Griffiths
Oriental Prisons Prisons and Crime in India, the Andaman Islands, Burmah, China, Japan, Egypt, Turkey
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
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 George Frederick Griffiths built an unusually varied career before becoming known as an author. He served in the British Army, later worked in prison administration, and eventually wrote more than sixty books, drawing on both military life and the criminal justice system for material.
Griffiths wrote across several fields rather than staying in one lane. He produced military history, journalism, crime writing, and fiction, and he also served for a time as a military correspondent for The Times. That mix of practical experience and wide-ranging curiosity helps explain why his books often feel informed, direct, and strongly rooted in real institutions.
Today he is especially remembered for works connected with crime, policing, and punishment, as well as for his lively accounts of nineteenth-century conflicts and personalities. For listeners interested in Victorian nonfiction and storytelling shaped by real public life, he offers a voice that is both industrious and vividly connected to his era.