{"product_id":"chronicles-of-bow-street-police-office-with-an-account-of-the-magistrates-runners-and-police-and-a-selection-of-the-most-interesting-cases-paperback-9781108036948","title":"Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office; With an Account of the Magistrates, ‘Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108036948","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChronicles of Bow Street Police-Office\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith an Account of the Magistrates, ‘Runners', and Police; and a Selection of the Most Interesting Cases\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1888, this two-volume work depicts the Bow Street Runners, the London police force of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePercy Fitzgerald (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108036948, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e362 pages, 8 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePercy 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bow Street\u003cbr\u003e 2. Henry Fielding and Sir John Fielding\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cases before Sir John\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Bow Street forces\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Police system\u003cbr\u003e 6. Office eccentricities\u003cbr\u003e 7. Morning at Bow Street\u003cbr\u003e 8. Eccentricity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Duels and gaming-house raids\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913155666200,"sku":"9781108036948","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108036948i_953551e2-a915-48f5-8259-3bdacb78263c.jpg?v=1694879956","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chronicles-of-bow-street-police-office-with-an-account-of-the-magistrates-runners-and-police-and-a-selection-of-the-most-interesting-cases-paperback-9781108036948","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}