Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office 2 Volume Set : With an Account of the Magistrates, 'Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases Mixed media product
by Percy Fitzgerald
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries series
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Percy Fitzgerald (1834-1925) was a prolific author, critic, painter and sculptor.
He was born in Ireland and attended Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, and then Trinity College, Dublin.
When he moved to London, he became a contributor to Charles Dickens' periodical Household Words.
This two-volume work, published in 1888, gives a stirring account of the work of London's eighteenth-century law enforcers, the Bow Street Runners.
Drawing on records of criminal cases, it tells how magistrates Henry Fielding and his blind half-brother Sir John Fielding helped to set up the Runners.
Their actions dramatically reduced violent crime in the city and paved the way for the modern police force.
Volume 1 covers the formation of the Runners and introduces the key players in the successes that followed.
Volume 2 features a wide selection of fascinating cases including the Cato Street Conspiracy and the callous murder of William Weare.
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- Pages:780 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/12/2011
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- ISBN:9781108036962
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:780 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:08/12/2011
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- ISBN:9781108036962