The first full-length biography of Victorian detective Jerome Caminada, exploring his fascinating career fighting crime in 19th century Manchester's turbulent underworld. On 6 December 1886, Arthur Foster leaves the Queens Theatre, Manchester with a pocket full of gold and a lady bedecked with diamonds on his arm. He hails a hansom cab unaware that a detective has been trailing him as he crisscrossed the streets of the city. As the cab pulls away, the detective slips inside and arrests the infamous Birmingham Forger.The detective is Jerome Caminada, legendary policeman and real-life Victorian super-sleuth. A master of disguise with a keen eye for detail and ingenious methods of detection, Caminada is at the top of his game, tracking notorious criminals through the seedy streets of Manchesters underworld. Relentless in his pursuit, he stalks pickpockets and poisoners, unscrupulous con artists and cold blooded murderers.His groundbreaking detective work leads to the unravelling of classic crime cases such as the Hackney Carriage Murder in 1889, secret government missions and a deadly confrontation with his arch-rival, a ruthless and violent thief. Caminadas compelling story bears all the hallmarks of Arthur Conan Doyle and establishes this indefatigable investigator as one of the most formidable detectives of the Victorian era and The Real Sherlock Holmes.

The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada

Biographies & Memoirs

Buckley, Angela

Professionals & Academics

Pen and Sword Social History

During David Woodlands 19 years service with the Metropolitan Police, the thin blue line came under intense pressure. In addition to the routine caseload of gang crime, murder and armed robbery, Irish terrorist groups launched a vicious and prolonged terror campaign.The author, a Detective Inspector in the Crime Intelligence Branch at New Scotland Yard, witnessed a series of major scandals. He reveals why many otherwise honest detectives strove to rectify defects in the law that allowed professional criminals to evade justice. When Sir Robert Marks, the newly appointed Police Commissioner, described the CID as the most routinely corrupt organization in London, there may have been more than an element of truth in his extraordinary claim but it devastated the publics credibility in the CID.Using his own cases and experience, he demonstrates the difficulties faced by a depleted, demoralized Police Force not least the enemy within.Crime and Corruption at The Yard is a gripping, shocking and instructive insiders account of sharp end police work. Salutary lessons are learnt about the effect of PC and human rights on the preservation of law and order.

Crime and Corruption at the Yard: Downfall of Scotland Yard

History

Woodland, David

Europe

The Brighton bombing in 1984 was the most audacious terrorist attack ever on the British Government. Certainly it was the most ambitious since the Gunpowder plot of 1605.  The Provisional I.R.A. detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel on 12th October 1984. Most of the Government were staying at the hotel at the time. The Conservative party was holding its annual conference in the town. Five people were killed in the explosion, and more than thirty were injured.  It came very close to wiping out most of the Government, including the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.  The I.R.A.’s Patrick Magee had booked into the Grand Hotel under the false name of Roy Walsh, about a month before. He planted a bomb with a long-delay timer, hidden under a bath in one of the rooms. He was given eight life sentences for the crime, but released from prison in 1999 under the Good Friday Agreement. He served just fourteen years behind bars.It was one of two IRA bombs aimed directly at the collective Government of the day. The other was in February 1991 when, at the height of the Gulf War security alert, the I.R.A. fired a mortar bomb directly at Downing Street. The War Cabinet was in session to discuss the threat from Saddam Hussein. The bomb was only yards from hitting the Prime Minister and his senior colleagues. The Grand Hotel bombing and the Downing Street bombing were ‘different’ to the IRA’s other attacks. They were aimed directly at the heart of the democratically elected Government of the day, particularly the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Other IRA bombings either caused greater loss of life, resulted in more injuries or were of a far greater financial cost. For example, attacks at Omagh in 1998 killed twenty-eight, the explosion in the City in London in 1993 cost one billion pounds and the Manchester Shopping Center bomb in 1996 saw two-hundred people hurt. Devastating as these attacks were, it can be argued that they were aimed at getting attention, disrupting democracy, costing the country money and bullying their way to the political decision making process.

Terror Attack Brighton - Blowing up the Iron Lady

Hughes, Kieran

During David Woodland’s 19 years’ service with the Metropolitan Police, the ‘thin blue line’ came under intense pressure. In addition to the routine caseload of gang crime, murder and armed robbery, Irish terrorist groups launched a vicious and prolonged terror campaign. The Author, a Detective Inspector in the Crime Intelligence Branch at New Scotland Yard, witnessed a series of major scandals. He reveals why many otherwise honest detectives strove to rectify defects in the law that allowed professional criminals to evade justice. When Sir Robert Marks, the newly appointed Police Commissioner, described the CID as ‘the most routinely corrupt organization in London’, there may have been more than an element of truth in his extraordinary claim but it devastated the public’s credibility in the CID. Using his own cases and experience, he demonstrates the difficulties faced by a depleted, demoralized Police Force not least ‘the enemy within’. Crime and Corruption at The Yard is a gripping, shocking and instructive insider’s account of sharp end police work. Salutary lessons are learnt about the effect of PC and ‘human rights’ on the preservation of law and order.

Crime and Corruption at the Yard

Beatrix Potter: Her Inner World

Even before she emerged from the cot in her nursery Beatrix Potter was up against it. With her prodigious memory she recalled being placed under the tyranny of a cross old nurse who introduced her to witches, fairies and the creed of the terrible John Calvin. More sadness followed. She had no siblings of her own age and was brought up virtually in isolation. She was afflicted by two most unpleasant illnesses one of which has not previously been recognized - and she found herself often at odds with her mother. She also had a love affair that ended tragically.Yet, she grew up to become one of the most original of children's authors whose books are as popular today as they were when they were first published almost a century ago. Andrew Norman, in this concise and insightful biography, uncovers the source of the inspiration that gave birth to a series of remarkable children's books, including the most famous of all The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Norman, Andrew

Arts & Literature

On 6 December 1886, Arthur Foster leaves the Queen’s Theatre, Manchester with a pocket full of gold and a lady bedecked with diamonds on his arm. He hails a hansom cab unaware that a detective has been trailing him as he crisscrossed the streets of the city. As the cab pulls away, the detective slips inside and arrests the infamous ‘Birmingham Forger.’ The detective is Jerome Caminada, legendary policeman and real-life Victorian super-sleuth. A master of disguise with a keen eye for detail and ingenious methods of detection, Caminada is at the top of his game, tracking notorious criminals through the seedy streets of Manchester’s underworld. Relentless in his pursuit, he stalks pickpockets and poisoners, unscrupulous con artists and cold blooded murderers. His groundbreaking detective work leads to the unraveling of classic crime cases such as the Hackney Carriage Murder in 1889, secret government missions and a deadly confrontation with his arch-rival, a ruthless and violent thief. Caminada’s compelling story bears all the hallmarks of Arthur Conan Doyle and establishes this indefatigable investigator as one of the most formidable detectives of the Victorian era and The Real Sherlock Holmes.

Historical

Annie Harrower-Gray opens up an alternative view of Scotland's turbulent history, revealing three centuries through the eyes of the nation's women. The whole of society appears, from ordinary laborers, prostitutes and factory hands to their more celebrated sisters and even witches, body snatchers and female Jacobites.     All their tales are freshly researched and told with a sense of humor. Colorful characters abound! Step inside the boudoirs of Edinburgh's ladies of pleasure, whose civilized manners so confused one church minister that he 'accidentally' took tea in a brothel. Creep into the graveyard with Helen Torrance and Jean Lapiq, convicted of bodysnatching half a century before Burke and Hare. Uncover the murky history of Scotland's last witch Helen Duncan, whose eerily accurate wartime predictions led to her imprisonment.  This book offers an exciting and erudite voyage through the social history of Scotland. Honor the heroines who helped to shape Scotland, yet rest in unvisited tombs!

Scotland's Hidden Harlots and Heroines: Women's role in Scottish society from 1690-1969

Harrower-Gray, Annie

Step into the past and experience the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian England, from clothing to cuisine, toilet arrangements to transport – and everything in between! HAVE YOU EVER IMAGINED what it would be like to visit the Victorian era? How would you find the best seat on an omnibus, deal with unwanted insects and vermin, get in and out of a vehicle while wearing a crinoline, and avoid catching an infectious disease? Michelle Higgs answers all these questions, and reveals the minutiae of Victorian daily life. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book blends accurate historical details with compelling stories to bring the period to life. A must-read for seasoned social history fans, costume drama lovers, history students and anyone with an interest in the nineteenth century. Discover the hidden details of history, from how to fend off pickpockets to the correct way to fasten a corset. As featured in the Express &amp; Star and Black Country Bugle.

A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England

Higgs, Michelle

An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practices and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period, it explores every facet of sexuality that the Victorians encountered.Reproducing original advertisements and letters, with extracts taken from memoirs, legal cases, newspaper advice columns, and collections held in the Museum of London and the British Museum, this book lifts the veil from historical sexual attitudes.

The Victorian Guide to Sex: Desire and deviance in the 19th century

Riddell, Fern

Much has been written about the First World War and the involvement of the people of Sheffield on the front line. The efforts of those who managed to return home during or following the hostilities and those who made the ultimate sacrifice, dying on foreign soil having fought for King and country, have been documented. However, very little has been written about the experiences of people living in Sheffield in the immediate run up to, during and immediately following the First World War. The First World War saw many changes to Sheffield that have helped shape what the city is today. It is apt that as we mark the centenary of the outbreak of the war, whilst paying our respects to those who were killed serving our country, that we recognize also the impact that the war had on those at home. The book provides detailed information to form the first definitive account of the experiences of Sheffield’s citizens during the Great War. In the following chapters: the run up to war and Sheffield’s reaction to its outbreak; the war fever which led to thousands of Sheffield’s men answering their country’s call; the efforts of those who could not fight; Sheffield industry and how Sheffield workers were instrumental in creating the weapons and tools that would help Britain win the war; Sheffield’s role in treating and entertaining wounded soldiers; the role of the University of Sheffield and the effect of the war on education; the role of women in the munitions factories, working on the trams and in producing goods for the troops; the defense of the city; a Zeppelin raid over Sheffield which killed, maimed, destroyed and created fear in the minds of those in the city. For the first time in its history, Sheffield realized that the horrors of war were not confined to overseas battles but that they could be witnessed and experienced in their own neighborhoods. All of these themes are discussed at length in this book. Above all this book details the human experiences, thoughts, concerns, fears and hopes of Sheffield during one of the most important periods in the city’s history.

The Home Front in World War One: When Sheffield Went to War (Great War on the Home Front)

Lomax, Scott

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The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada

Crime and Corruption at the Yard: Downfall of Scotland Yard

Terror Attack Brighton - Blowing up the Iron Lady

Crime and Corruption at the Yard

Beatrix Potter: Her Inner World

The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden story of Jerome Caminada

Scotland's Hidden Harlots and Heroines: Women's role in Scottish society from 1690-1969

A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England

The Victorian Guide to Sex: Desire and deviance in the 19th century

The Home Front in World War One: When Sheffield Went to War (Great War on the Home Front)