Perhaps surprisingly it is laced with humour whilst describing the types of criminals locked up and their various schemes from smuggling drugs and phones in up to attempted escape attempts. I find the whole story very patronising and I cannot decide if I am prepared to spend another 8 or 9 hours listening to it. After several months alone, intentionally trying to let the walkers kill him, he finally collapses on the street. An access-all-areas pass for all the day-to-day occurrences that go on at HMP Wormwood Scrubs told by the woman at the helm for a number of years.

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the principal cause of its popularity was the current vogue for its subject – it is a treatise on moral philosophy, laying down the lines on which the education of those destined to govern should be directed, and inculcating the high moral principles which should rule them in the performance of their duties. He tells them that it is "Brian Heriot", a name he saw painted on the side of a barn while staggering aimlessly through the countryside.In both series, the Governor is the ruthless, charismatic leader of the town of Woodbury, Georgia, who comes into conflict with protagonist Rick Grimes and is responsible for the deaths of several primary characters. The Governor (real name in the novel and comic book: Brian Blake, alias Philip Blake; in the TV series: Philip Blake, alias Brian Heriot) is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists from The Walking Dead comic book and television series. When Michonne rejoins the group and they ask her if the Governor is still alive, Michonne is uncertain. And so I had a story in mind of how he became that guy and what caused him to be that bad of a person.

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Initially in a women's prison and then moving to a men's prison ( something that was forced on her - not something she chose to do, just part of the job) and she tells a very honest account of her time working in prisons. NGA members get exclusive access to hundreds of practical resources including guidance, checklists and planners. In season 4, the Governor attempts to redeem himself upon meeting a new family, to whom he introduces himself as Brian Heriot. I loved hearing from a female-lead perspective with regard to running a prison, as this is something that you rarely come across within the genre.

Vanessa Frake has worked for 16 years in a high-security women’s prison dealing with the likes of Rosemary West and Myra Hindley, Vanessa Frake when she is suddenly transferred to the notorious Wormwood Scrubs Prison. In the mid-season premiere, " What Happened and What's Going On", the Governor appears, along with Beth Greene, Bob Stookey, Martin, and Lizzie and Mika Samuels, during Tyreese's hallucinations after Tyreese is bitten by a walker. The section detailing how she successfully dealt with the drugs and phones being thrown over the walls was brilliant. The townspeople are unaware that the Governor and his men massacred a platoon of National Guardsmen to get their supplies.

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Aside from simply "the Governor," the character's name appeared to be Philip Blake; however, with the release of the novel The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor, it was revealed that his actual name was Brian Blake, and Philip was revealed to be his deceased brother. The novel follows the story of Philip Blake, his daughter Penny, his older brother Brian, and his friends Bobby and Nick as they struggle to survive in a world ravaged by the zombie apocalypse. Philip refuses to kill the zombified Penny, and this causes some concern for Nick, because he believes Philip is keeping Penny's soul from moving on. So, now, I turned to the point of view of one of the "governors", in this case, Vanessa Frake so served initially as head of a wing at Wormwood Scrubbs and then rose in the ranks to be head of security and operations, leaving in 2014.I had the audio version of the book , the narration is done by the author herself and it was just ok. I felt sorry for her in places, she makes a really good point about staff becoming just as institutionalised as prisoners after being inside for so long, when they come out it can be really daunting working in the real without. Glen Mazzara, when asked about the character's direction for season 3 of the show, described the Governor as a narcissist who sees himself as the future savior of civilization and is willing to resort to the most extreme of measures to achieve his ultimate goal. Noel Murray of Rolling Stone ranked Philip 'the Governor' Blake 11th in a list of 30 best Walking Dead characters, saying, "Initially a somewhat one-dimensional sicko – whose virtues as a leader were counterbalanced by his deranged preoccupation with the undead – the eye-patch–rocking Blake lasted long enough to get beaten and to mount a comeback. Another didn't like the way Frake's book was "all about her", and how she "was full of herself" - suggesting that (a) the first reviewer doesn't understand how an autobiography works, and (b), the second doesn't like strong women.

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He allowed some smaller groups to move into Woodbury if he deemed them to be an asset and not a threat to his leadership, but still took precautions and had them monitored by his lieutenants until he deemed them trustworthy. That and the lack of credibility in some of the reasons behind the actions of some of the side characters. Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel.This was an easy five star review for me, as I flew through it, my greed for more making me pick this up at every opportunity.