Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office: Volume 1: With an Account of the Magistrates, 'Runners', and Police; And a Selection of the Most Interesting C Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, Percy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1139095293 ISBN-13: 9781139095297 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $72.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science |
Dewey: 363.2 |
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British & Irish History, 17th |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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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. |