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Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
Kate Colquhoun
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Description for Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
Paperback. The fascinating story of the first ever railway murder Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
THE THRILLING TRUE STORY OF BRITAIN'S FIRST EVER RAILWAY MURDER
'A fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of Victorian London . . . unputdownable' Daily Telegraph
'A cunning and suspenseful tale' Independent
'Meticulously researched . . . the final revelation is a showstopper' New York Times
On 9 July 1864, businessman Thomas Briggs walked into carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train.
A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the carriage - but as they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions and smeared on ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349123592
SKU
V9780349123592
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99-10
About Kate Colquhoun
Kate Colquhoun's non-fiction titles have been shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2004 and longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2004. Her books with Little, Brown were both shortlisted for the CWA Daggers non-fiction Prize: Mr Briggs' Hat in 2011 and Did She Kill Him? in 2014. As well as writing for several newspapers and magazines, she appears regularly on ... Read more
Reviews for Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder
(A) thrilling book, which reads at times like a good Victorian novel... an utterly compelling did-he-do-it
Sunday Times
Deploying her skill as a historian, Colquhoun turns a single curious murder case into a fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of mid-Victorian London. I found it unputdownable
Daily Telegraph
Kate Colquhoun is a fine, robust writer who ... Read more
Sunday Times
Deploying her skill as a historian, Colquhoun turns a single curious murder case into a fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of mid-Victorian London. I found it unputdownable
Daily Telegraph
Kate Colquhoun is a fine, robust writer who ... Read more