The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable : A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit EPUB
by Carol Baxter
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John Tawell was a sincere Quaker but a sinning one. Convicted of forgery, he was transported to Sydney, where he opened Australia's first retail pharmacy and made a fortune. When he returned home to England after fifteen years, he thought he would be welcomed; instead he was shunned.
Then on New Year's Day 1845 Tawell boarded the 7:42 pm train to London Paddington. Soon, men arrived chasing a suspected murderer but the 7:42 had departed. The Great Western Railway was experimenting with a new-fangled device, the electric telegraph, so a message was sent: a ';KWAKER' man was on the run. The trail became a sensation, involving no apparent weapon, much innuendo, and a pious man desperate to save his reputation and would usher in the modern communication age.
Told with narrative verve and rich in historical research, this is a delicious true tale of murder and scientific revolution in Victorian England.
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- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Oneworld Publications
- Publication Date:01/09/2013
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- ISBN:9781780742441
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:Oneworld Publications
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- ISBN:9781780742441