Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office

With an Account of the Magistrates, ‘Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases

By:

Percy Fitzgerald

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 17th and 18th Centuries

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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. It also describes a number of fascinating incidents that are variously tragic, amusing or shocking.

Release date NZ

December 8th, 2011

Author

Percy Fitzgerald

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Illustrations

8 Plates, black and white

Pages

362

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 17th and 18th Centuries

Dimensions

140x216x20

ISBN-13

9781108036948

Product ID

18346662

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