15 Ergebnisse.

Many Golden Age detective novels, with their engrossing puzzles and attractive backgrounds were a comforting read - particularly after the horrors of the Great War. The murders often left the bumbling police without a clue but some aristocrats and Oxford graduates found them a piece of cake to solve. Meanwhile, real life was painting a different picture. Guns were left over from the war and many men were familiar and hardened to the results of...

When Scotland Yard's first detective branch was set up in 1842 crime was very different from today. The favoured murder weapon was the cut-throat razor, carrying a pocket watch was dangerous, the most significant clue at a murder scene could be the whereabouts of a candlestick or hat, large households (family, servants and lodgers) complicated many a case and servants sometimes murdered their masters. Detectives had few aids and suffered many ...

In 1878 the Criminal Investigation Department replaced Scotland Yard's corrupt and discredited Detective Branch. In this classic story of the early days of detection, Joan Lock tells the fascinating story of the creation of the CID, the scandal which preceded it, and the successes and failures of the new organization, including early cases such as the four murders by Ernest Southey, the ferocious outbreak of dockland killings in 1869 and the m...

Classic Fairy Tales Word Search100 puzzleslarge print8.5x11solutions at the backOne classic fairy tale theme per puzzle.A great gift for any word search or fairy tale loverAdd to cart, to receive your book in the post

The collision of the Princess Alice pleasure steamer with the Tyne collier, Bywell Castle, in the Thames in September 1878 resulted in Britain's worst-ever inland waterway accident. Joan Lock describes vividly the lead up to the accident, the disaster itself and its aftermath.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Joan Lock's warm and nostalgic account of her three years of training as a young student nurse in the early 1950s. Perfect for fans of CALL THE MIDWIFE.

Keine Beschreibung.

It is a beautiful warm August day in 1880: perfect weather for the annual Metropolitan Police Annual Fete held at Alexandra Palace. Inspector Best is summoned to uncover the identity of 'Quicksilver' who has sent an anonymous note threatening to cause an horrific explosion at the event.

Here, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times.

The explosion was heard twenty miles away.As he struggles to find the answers, Scotland Yard's Sergeant Ernest Best straddles the conflicting worlds of art, wealth and privilege and that of the poverty-stricken London boatman in an intriguing mystery that will change his life forever.