| Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office: With an Account of the Magistrates, Runners', and Police; And a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, Percy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108036945 ISBN-13: 9781108036948 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science |
| Dewey: 363.2 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.01 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. It also describes a number of fascinating incidents that are variously tragic, amusing or shocking. |