Medienkombination, Englisch, 780 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
With an Account of the Magistrates, 'Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases
Medienkombination, Englisch, 780 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1100 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th & 18th Centuries
ISBN: 978-1-108-03696-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
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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Volume 1: Preface; 1. Bow Street; 2. Henry Fielding and Sir John Fielding; 3. Cases before Sir John; 4. The Bow Street forces; 5. The Police system; 6. Office eccentricities; 7. Morning at Bow Street; 8. Eccentricity; 9. Duels and gaming-house raids; Appendix. Volume 2: 1. A strange episode; 2. Bow Street and the patent theatres; 3. Bank and coach robberies; 4. Accomplished swindlers; 5. Various murders and robberies; 6. The Greenwich tragedy; 7. The murder of Weare; 8. The Cato Street plot; 9. The Queen's funeral in 1821; 10. The resurrection men; 11. Murder of the Italian boy; 12. Sir J. Dean Paul and Co.; 13. The Waterloo Bridge Mystery; 14. Dr Bernard; 15. Governor Eyre; 16. The Baron de Vidil; 17. 'The Flowery Land' pirates; 18. Muller; 19. The Clerkenwell explosion; 20. The female personators; 21. Kurr and Benson; 22. De Tourville's case; 23. 'The slate trick'; 24. The dynamiters; 25. The new police.
