Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder - Hardcover

Kate Colquhoun

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9781847443694: Mr Briggs' Hat: A Sensational Account of Britain's First Railway Murder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847443699 ISBN 13: 9781847443694

Publisher: Abacus (Little, Brown), 2011

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In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney, two bank clerks entered the carriage and discovered blood in the seat cushions; also on the floor, windows and sides of the carriage. A bloodstained hat was found on the seat along with a broken link from a watch chain.

The race to identify the killer and catch him as he flees on a boat to America was eagerly followed by citizens both sides of the Atlantic. Kate Colquhoun tells a gripping tale of a crime that shocked the nation.

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Review:

'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

'(A) thrilling book, which reads at times like a good Victorian novel... an utterly compelling did-he-do-it' --Sunday Times

'An enthralling account of a real life mystery... Her well-told tale would stand up in court - unlike much of the evidence in the case' --Independent

`Kate Colquhoun is a fine, robust writer who makes the most of its every twist and turn' --Mail on Sunday

'The re-telling of this true story pits justice against baying-for-blood hysteria in a sensationally episodic tale that is every bit as compelling as it must have been when it happened'
--Easy Living

Book Description:

The fascinating story of the first ever railway murder

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