Death Ride From Fenchurch Street And Other Victorian Railway Murders
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Death Ride From Fenchurch Street And Other Victorian Railway Murders
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Author : Arthur V. Sellwood
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2009-04-15
Death Ride From Fenchurch Street And Other Victorian Railway Murders written by Arthur V. Sellwood and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-15 with True Crime categories.
A Victorian invention, the railways of Britain were the scene of some of the most gruesome murders of the 19th Century. In their gory detail, here are some of the worst.
Railway Discourse
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Author : Esterino Adami
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2019-01-15
Railway Discourse written by Esterino Adami and has been published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume examines the train trope in a variety of cultural, literary and linguistic contexts, from contemporary crime fiction and dystopian graphic narratives to postcolonial railway travelogues, by employing a range of methods and frameworks. Situated within the “Discourse, Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics” collection, the book critically engages with significant areas such as discourse and narrative structure. Interpreting the railway as a powerful cultural and imaginary site in the English-speaking world that traverses a range of creative domains, this study explores the ways in which the train and its structures, symbols and metaphors are textually rendered and the type of stylistic effects they generate in readers. It introduces, frames and discusses the idea of railway discourse and focuses on specific case studies (The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, the graphic novel Snowpiercer and Monisha Rajesh’s Around India in 80 Trains). In particular, it considers how a compartment window can constrain, and shape, the point of view of a narrator, the way in which science fiction trains are conceptually imagined, and the intercultural implications of rail travel writing in India today. To analyse the role and meaning of the railway in these texts, and compare them with others, this work adopts and adapts analytical tools and critical concepts from the integration of different fields, such as stylistics and linguistics, postcolonial criticism and literary studies.
A World History Of Rail
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Author : Jeremy Black
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2023-12-15
A World History Of Rail written by Jeremy Black and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-15 with Transportation categories.
Is it possible to overestimate the impact of the railway in history? Jeremy Black analyses that impact from the beginning to today. And of course it's not all a triumph. The network of the Congo today operates on three gauges run by separate companies; and a lot of it doesn't work.
The Chieftain
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Author : Chris Payne
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-09-01
The Chieftain written by Chris Payne and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with True Crime categories.
George Clarke joined the Metropolitan Police in 1841. Though a "slow starter," his career took off when he was transferred to the small team of detectives at Scotland Yard in 1862, where he became known as " The Chieftain". This book paints the most detailed picture yet published of detective work in mid-Victorian Britain, covering "murders most foul," "slums and Society", the emergence of terrorism related to Ireland, and Victorian frauds. One particular fraudster, Harry Benson, was to contribute to the end of Clarke's career and lead to the first major Metropolitan Police corruption trial in 1877. This fascinating book uses widespread sources of information, including many of Clarke's own case reports.
The Victorian Railway Murders
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Author : Arthur V. Sellwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Victorian Railway Murders written by Arthur V. Sellwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with True Crime categories.
Murder In The First Class Carriage
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Author : Kate Colquhoun
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2013-04-30
Murder In The First Class Carriage written by Kate Colquhoun and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-30 with True Crime categories.
This story of a real-life Victorian mystery is a “meticulously researched true-crime account . . . its final revelation is a showstopper” (The New York Times). In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He boarded a first-class carriage on the 9:45 pm Hackney service of the North London railway. A short time later, two bank clerks entered the compartment and noticed blood pooled in the seat cushions and smeared all over the floor and windows. But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. All that remained was his ivory-knobbed walking stick, his empty leather bag, and a bloodstained hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr. Briggs. The race to identify the killer and catch him as he fled on a boat to America was eagerly followed by the public on both sides of the Atlantic. The investigation and subsequent trial became a fixture in New York newspapers—and a frequent distraction from the Civil War that ravaged the nation. In Murder in the First-Class Carriage, Gold Dagger Award nominee Kate Colquhoun tells the gripping tale of a crime that shocked an era. “A suspenseful, well-paced account of a baffling mystery.” —The Washington Post “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
The A Z Of Victorian Crime
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Author : Neil R. A. Bell
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2016-07-15
The A Z Of Victorian Crime written by Neil R. A. Bell and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-15 with History categories.
The new definitive guide to Victorian crime.
The Life And Times Of Queen Victoria
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Author : Robert Wilson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
The Life And Times Of Queen Victoria written by Robert Wilson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with categories.
Mr Briggs Hat
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Author : Kate Colquhoun
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-05-19
Mr Briggs Hat written by Kate Colquhoun and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-19 with True Crime categories.
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 the walls. But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. The only things left in the carriage were his walking stick, his bag - and a hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr Briggs . . . 'A thrilling book, which reads at times like a good Victorian novel... an utterly compelling did-he-do-it' Sunday Times 'A riveting portrait of Victorian London' Financial Times
Murderers Row
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Author : Robin Odell
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-10-30
Murderers Row written by Robin Odell and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-30 with History categories.
Criminoloogist Robin Odell has compiled this gruesome gallery of cases from all over the world, revealing the growth in serial slayings, contract killings and middle-class murders and investigating what motivates people to commit the ultimate crime. As well as gangsters and ordinary felons, the book includes doctors, millionaries, housewives, children, lawyers, accountants, officers and gentlemen who have succumbed to the killing instinct. Behind the sensational names concocted by the tabloid press - 'Boston Strangler', 'Dracula Killer', 'Night Stalker', 'Granny Killer' - lurk real murderers committing acts of violence in circumstances often more bizarre than fiction. Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z format, the book contains over 500 cases from serial killers such as Dennis Nilsen and Ted Bundy, to those such as Jeremy Bamber and Steven Benson who dispatched their parents for money; from murderous New Zealand teenagers whose story made a successful film, to the many doctors and nurses who took life instead of saving it; from unsolved murders such as the murder of Little Gregory in France to the paid assignments of John Waynes Hearn, a Vietnam veteran who killed to order. The result is a classic of true crime, a definitive work on murder as a worldwide phenomenon.