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The Victorian Master Criminal: Charles Peace and the Murders of Cock and Dyson
by Hanrahan, David C.
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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."
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Hanrahan, David C.
- ISBN: 9780750962971
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 9.30 x 0.80
- Number Of Pages: 192
- Publication Year: 2016
Language:
English