Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes
Autor: Dick Kirby
Número de Páginas: 469
Jack the Ripper and beyond—forty-one years in the investigative career of a man hailed by many as Scotland Yard’s greatest detective of all time. Fred Wensley was a Somerset gardener when he joined the Metropolitan Police in 1888. His first case was to unmask Jack the Ripper. At least it familiarized Wensley with Whitechapel, where he bided his time collaring less threatening ne’er-do-wells. After joining the CID, Wensley’s career was a succession of triumphs. He brought to book the Bessarabian, Odessa, and Vendetta crime syndicates of London’s East End; he played an instrumental role in smashing Latvian revolutionaries in the notorious Siege of Sidney Street; he formed the Flying Squad, a stealth surveillance team still operating to this day; and most infamous of all—his arrest in one of Great Britain’s most notorious crimes of passion, a controversial cause célèbre that would shadow Wensley for the rest of his life. Retired Flying Squad officer Dick Kirby has dug deep to paint a fascinating portrait of Fred Wensley, Chief Constable of the CID and the first recipient of the King’s Police Medal, in this “welcome biography of a distinguished detective”...
The Murder That Defeated Whitechapel's Sherlock Holmes
Autor: Paul Stickler
Número de Páginas: 272
A real-life murder mystery in turn-of-the-century London, and Scotland Yard’s “greatest detective of all time” who was determined to discover whodunit. By 1919, Det. Chief Inspector Fred Wensley was already a legend, having investigated the Jack the Ripper slayings, busted crime syndicates, and risked his life at the notorious Siege of Sidney Street. But the brutal murder of kindly fifty-four-year-old widow and shopkeeper Elizabeth Ridgley was an unexpected challenge in a storied career. Elizabeth and her dog were both found dead in her blood-spattered shop in Hitchin. But even in the early days of forensics, Wensley was stunned by the inept conclusion of local Hertfordshire police: it was a freak, tragic accident that had somehow felled Elizabeth and her Irish terrier. At Wensley’s urging, Scotland Yard proceeded with a second investigation. It led to the arrest of an Irish war veteran. The only real evidence: a blood-stained shirt. But the Ridgley case was far from over. Drawing on primary sources and newly-discovered material, Paul Stickler exposes the frailties of county policing in the years after WWI, reveals how Ridgley’s murder led to fundamental changes in...
The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook
Autor: Keith Skinner , Stewart Evans
Número de Páginas: 452
Two experienced Ripperologists have applied their joint knowledge and expertise to the painstaking collation of all the known official records to produce the ultimate Ripper book - a narrative account of the murders encompassing all the known evidence. The most complete work on the Ripper case ever, contains: the entire contents of the Scotland Yard files covering the full series of murders; extensive press reports; witness statements and extracts from police notebooks; documents missing from the official files and many rare photographs. The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook is not only an invaluable reference, but is also a compelling account of the Victorian serial murderer whose identity remains one of criminology's greatest mysteries.
A History of Agriculture and Prices in England
Autor: James E. Thorold Rogers
Número de Páginas: 621
This immensely detailed eight-piece compilation documents the fluctuating prices of agricultural produce in England between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. Volume 7 Part 1 (edited after the author's death by his son and published in 1902) presents data from 1703 to 1793.
C/ID
Autor: Emily King
Número de Páginas: 184
Survey of the thirty best recent design work for cultural clients, including galleries, museums, theatres and auditoriums. The focus is on new identities and their application, as well as smaller design solutions as gallery guides, promotional programmes, exhibition catalogues, theatre programmes, branded merchandising, websites, signage systems and temporary exhibition design.
What Price the Poor?
Autor: Ann M. Woodall
Número de Páginas: 256
In this fascinating book, Ann Woodall investigates and compares the work and thought of William Booth and Karl Marx. What Price the Poor? raises important questions about the relationship between theological discourse and the sociological imagination and it firmly places the development of theoretical and practical social analysis and application within the context of social history. F
Large's way about London
Autor: Henry Large
Número de Páginas: 554
Large's Way about London, giving a direct route to ... roads, streets, courts, alleys ... in alphabetical order, from six well-known starting points, etc
Autor: Henry Large
Número de Páginas: 560
Encyclopedia of London's East End
Autor: Kevin A. Morrison
Número de Páginas: 292
The East End is an iconic area of London, from the transient street art of Banksy and Pablo Delgado to the exhibitions of Doreen Fletcher and Gilbert and George. Located east of the Tower of London and north of the River Thames, it has experienced a number of developmental stages in its four-hundred-year history. Originating as a series of scattered villages, the area has been home to Europe's worst slums and served as an affluent nodal point of the British Empire. Through its evolution, the East End has been the birthplace of radical political and social movements and the social center for a variety of diasporic communities. This reference work, with its alphabetically organized cross-referenced entries and its original and historical photography, serves as a comprehensive guide to the social and cultural history of this global hub.
Reports from Committees
Autor: Great Britain. Parliament. House Of Commons
Número de Páginas: 726
Parliamentary Papers
Autor: Great Britain. Parliament. House Of Commons
Número de Páginas: 720
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Autor: Eric Partridge
Número de Páginas: 1426
The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
Crossrail Bill
Autor: Great Britain: Parliament: Select Committee On The Crossrail Bill
Número de Páginas: 596
Incorporating HC 837-xxi to xliii, session 2005-06. The Crossrail Bill was originally published as HCB 2, session 2006-07 (ISBN 9780215707871) and was carried over into session 2007-08 as HCB 5 (ISBN 9780215709202). The first volume of the report is available separately as HC 235-I, session 2006-07 (ISBN 9780215036810), as is Vol. 2 (ISBN 9780215037169), Vol. 4 (ISBN 9780215037183) and Vol.5 (ISBN 9780215037190)
List of country (town) members
Autor: National Provident Institution
Número de Páginas: 336
Census of England and Wales for the Year 1861 ...: Numbers and distribution of the people
Autor: Great Britain. Census Office
Número de Páginas: 994
The Builder
Número de Páginas: 620
London Statistics
Número de Páginas: 812
Report
Autor: Great Britain. Dept. Of Science And Art
Número de Páginas: 484
Report of the Committee of Council on Education
Autor: Great Britain. Committee On Education , Great Britain. Education Department
Número de Páginas: 680
Reports of the Council and of the District Committees
Autor: Charity Organisation Society (london, England)
Número de Páginas: 726
Gaslight and Daylight, with Some London Scenes They Shine Upon
Autor: George Augustus Sala
Número de Páginas: 412
Reports from Select Committees of the H.C., and Reports from Joint Select Committees of H.L. and H.C., and Evidence
Autor: Great Britain. Parliament. House Of Lords
Número de Páginas: 590
Municipal Journal
Número de Páginas: 1126
Report of the Committee of Council on Education (England and Wales), with Appendix
Autor: Great Britain. Council On Education
Número de Páginas: 976
A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from the Year After the Oxford Parliament (1259) to the Commencement of the Continental War (1793), Compiled Entirely from Original and Contemporaneous Records
Autor: James Edwin Thorold Rogers
Número de Páginas: 658
Bernard's omnibus, coach, tram-carriage, and steam-packet guide
Autor: Bernard
Número de Páginas: 58
Life and Labour of the People in London: East, Central and South London
Autor: Charles Booth
Número de Páginas: 620
A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: 1703-1793
Autor: James Edwin Thorold Rogers
Número de Páginas: 626
Old and New London: The city ancient and modern
Autor: Walter Thornbury
Número de Páginas: 602
Annual Report [with List of Associations in Union].
Autor: National Union Of Teachers
Número de Páginas: 640
Schools in receipt of parliamentary grants, grants paid to school boards under section 97, Elementary Education Act, 1870, school board accounts and list of loans
Autor: Great Britain. Board Of Education
Número de Páginas: 542
The Sunday at Home
Número de Páginas: 856
A History of Agriculture and Prices in England
Autor: James Edwin Thorold Rogers
Número de Páginas: 1152
Railway Record
Número de Páginas: 636
Robson's London Directory, Street Key, Classification of Trades, and Royal Court Guide and Peerage: Particularizing the Residences of 70,000 Establishments in London and Its Environs, and Fifteen Thousand of the Nobility and Gentry, Also an Extensive Conveyance List, Alphabetical List of Public Carriers, Together with the Street Guide
Número de Páginas: 2062
London, Past and Present
Autor: Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Número de Páginas: 628
Based upon the Handbook of London, by the late Peter Cunningham.
The Jewish Year Book
Número de Páginas: 320
Reports of Poor law conferences
Autor: Poor Law Conference
Número de Páginas: 532
London Quarterly Review
Número de Páginas: 422
Memoranda as to the Waterlow Family
Autor: Alfred James Waterlow
Número de Páginas: 126