The Victorian Master Criminal by David C Hanrahan
On August 2, 1876, a young policeman named Constable Cock was shot dead while walking the beat in Manchester. A few months later, Arthur Dyson, an engineer, was murdered in his own backyard in Sheffield. Charles Peace was Victorian Britain's most infamous cat-burglar and murderer. He was a complex man: ruthless, devious, dangerous, charming, intelligent, and creative. Katherine Dyson identified him as her husband's murderer, and as the police searched Peace was living a life of luxury under another identity in London. One of these murders became the most notorious and scandalous case of the Victorian age, with a tale of illicit romance and a nationwide hunt for Britain's most wanted man; the other was to become an infamous landmark in British legal history. These two sensational murder cases would turn out to be tied together in a way that shocked Victorian society to its core.
David C. Hanrahan is a history professor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780750962971 |
| ISBN 10 | 0750962976 |
| Title | The Victorian Master Criminal |
| Author | David C Hanrahan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The History Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-06-06 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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