{"product_id":"twenty-five-years-of-detective-life-paperback-9781108054775","title":"Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108054775","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTwenty-Five Years of Detective Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1895, real tales of crime and criminals in Victorian Manchester by a detective whose reputation inspired Conan Doyle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJerome Caminada (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108054775, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages, 24 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.6 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\"\u003eAn inspiration behind Sherlock Holmes, Jerome Caminada (1844–1914) was probably the most well-known detective in late Victorian England. Living in Manchester his whole life, he grew up in Deansgate, notorious for its brothels and beerhouses. He joined the police in 1868 and later became Manchester's first detective superintendent. Known for his unorthodox, eccentric methods, he regularly donned disguises and once hid inside a grand piano in order to catch a thief. Despite being responsible for imprisoning over 1,000 criminals, Caminada was perhaps progressive in his belief that punishment 'strengthens evil propensities, prevents repentance and renders reform impossible'. Peopled with characters such as 'Cabbage Ann', 'Bodger' and 'One Armed Kitty', this autobiography, first published in 1895, paints an extremely vivid picture of a seedy, dilapidated and dangerous Victorian city and its criminal underworld.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. A beginner in uniform\u003cbr\u003e 3. Little Alf\u003cbr\u003e 4. How I trapped four card-sharpers\u003cbr\u003e 5. Quackery exposed\u003cbr\u003e 6. Oh what a surprise!\u003cbr\u003e 7. A female begging impostor's boast\u003cbr\u003e 8. My baptism of base coiners\u003cbr\u003e 9. Next-of-kin frauds\u003cbr\u003e 10. A swindler walking into the trap\u003cbr\u003e 11. How thieves are made\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Diamond Sam' and his confederates\u003cbr\u003e 13. How I punished a wife-beater\u003cbr\u003e 14. Registry office swindles\u003cbr\u003e 15. A 'ghost' in a piano case\u003cbr\u003e 16. A fight with a burglar\u003cbr\u003e 17. Racecourse thieves\u003cbr\u003e 18. Street bullies\u003cbr\u003e 19. Street cadgers\u003cbr\u003e 20. The reverend quack\u003cbr\u003e 21. Bogus railway bonds\u003cbr\u003e 22. American bank thieves in England\u003cbr\u003e 23. The Jew, the barrister and the solicitor's clerk\u003cbr\u003e 24. The country bumpkin and his £200\u003cbr\u003e 25. Lottery frauds on horse races\u003cbr\u003e 26. Selling state secrets\u003cbr\u003e 27. Picture pirates\u003cbr\u003e 28. Bank note forgers\u003cbr\u003e 29. Bogus charitable institutions\u003cbr\u003e 30. The confidence trick\u003cbr\u003e 31. Ringing the changes\u003cbr\u003e 32. An armed burglar\u003cbr\u003e 33. Bogus securities\u003cbr\u003e 34. Diamond cut diamond\u003cbr\u003e 35. How I tracked two incendiaries\u003cbr\u003e 36. A scene in court\u003cbr\u003e 37. Emigration extraordinary\u003cbr\u003e 38. Medical conspiracy\u003cbr\u003e 39. Insurance frauds\u003cbr\u003e 40. Manchester anarchists at work\u003cbr\u003e 41. An eloquent plea for short sentences\u003cbr\u003e 42. Life insurance frauds\u003cbr\u003e 43. Long firm frauds\u003cbr\u003e 44. The arrest of Mr William O'Brien, M.P., in Manchester\u003cbr\u003e 45. First offenders' act\u003cbr\u003e 46. Flogging\u003cbr\u003e 47. Ticket-of-leave question\u003cbr\u003e 48. A sham heiress\u003cbr\u003e 49. A queer customer\u003cbr\u003e 50. 'Flying Gibb'\u003cbr\u003e 51. Frauds on unemployed girls\u003cbr\u003e 52. A bad case of arson\u003cbr\u003e 53. Trafficking in pension papers\u003cbr\u003e 54. A clever forger\u003cbr\u003e 55. 'Smashers', or base coin 'pitchers' or tenderers\u003cbr\u003e 56. Gambling hells\u003cbr\u003e 57. Prosecution of the Ellesmere and Prince of Wales clubs.\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":45909186511128,"sku":"9781108054775","price":37.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108054775i_763066a7-d74e-4bad-afc1-2108f109432e.jpg?v=1696747220","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/twenty-five-years-of-detective-life-paperback-9781108054775","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}