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1 online resource (170 pages) |
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Title; Dedication; Contents; Part 1; 1 The Murder of Constable Cock; 2 A Swift Arrest; 3 The Trial of the Habrons; 4 Peacefully Disposed; 5 Day Two; 6 Closing Statements; 7 In Accordance with Human Nature; Part 2; 8 The Banner Cross Murder; 9 Humble Beginnings; 10 Going Straight; 11 A Demon Beyond the Power of even a Shakespeare; 12 That Night in Banner Cross; 13 Life on the Run; 14 New Love in Nottingham; 15 A Lavish Life in London; Part 3; 16 Luck Finally Runs Out -- An Encounter with Constable Robinson; 17 True Identity Revealed; 18 The Trial of Mr John Ward; 19 The Trial of Hannah Peace. |
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20 A Murder Charge21 Bid for Freedom; 22 The Continuation of the Hearing; 23 The Notes and the Ring; 24 'Base, Bad Woman'; 25 The Banner Cross Murder Trial; 26 I Will Have My Turn; 27 A Cry for Blood; 28 Justice and Jury; Part 4; 29 Rewards and other Matters; 30 The Incredible Confession of 'a Hardened Wretch'; 31 A Wrong put Right; 32 The End of a Life of Villainy; Select Bibliography; Copyright. |
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"On 2 August 1876, a young policeman named Constable Nicholas Cock was shot dead while walking 'the beat' at Whalley Range, Manchester. A few months later, on the evening of 29 November 1876, Arthur Dyson, an engineer, was murdered in his own backyard at Banner Cross, Sheffield. Charles Peace was Victorian Britain's most infamous cat burglar and murderer. He was a complex character: ruthless, devious, dangerous, charming, intelligent and creative. Mrs. Katherine Dyson identified him as the muderer of her husband, and as the police searched the country for him, 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 a landmark in British legal history. Although no one suspected a link between them, these two sensational murder cases would, in the end, turn out to be tied together in a way that shocked Victorian society to its core."--Jacket. |
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Peace, Charles Frederick, 1832-1879.
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Peace, Charles Frederick, 1832-1879. |
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Murder -- England -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Murder. |
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England. |
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19th century |
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Biographies.
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Murderers -- England -- Biography.
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Murderers. |
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Burglars -- England -- Biography.
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Burglars. |
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Trials (Murder) -- England.
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Trials (Murder) |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Print version: Hanrahan, David C. Victorian Master Criminal : Charles Peace and the Murders of Cock and Dyson. Stroud : The History Press, ©2016 9780750962971 |
| ISBN |
0750968931 |
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9780750968935 (electronic book) |
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0750962976 |
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9780750962971 |
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