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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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• Full title: Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office 2 Volume Set
• Subtitle: With an Account of the Magistrates, 'Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases
• Author: Percy Fitzgerald
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 780
• EAN: 9781108036962
• ISBN: 1108036961
• ID: 02057022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 1100 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 138 × 45 mm
• Date of publishing: 08. December 2011

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