Chronicles of Bow Street Police-Office

Percy Fitzgerald (18341925) Was A Prolific Author Critic Painter And Sculptor. He Was Born In Ireland And Attended Stonyhurst College In Lancashire And Then Trinity College Dublin. When He Moved To London He Became A Contributor To Charles Dickens'' Periodical Household Words. This Two-Volume Work Published In 1888 Gives A Stirring Account Of The Work Of London''S Eighteenth-Century Law Enforcers The Bow Street Runners. Drawing On Records Of Criminal Cases It Tells How Magistrates Henry Fielding And His Blind Half-Brother Sir John Fielding Helped To Set Up The Runners. Their Actions Dramatically Reduced Violent Crime In The City And Paved The Way For The Modern Police Force. Volume 1 Covers The Formation Of The Runners And Introduces The Key Players In The Successes That Followed. It Also Describes A Number Of Fascinating Incidents That Are Variously Tragic Amusing Or Shocking.