Mr Briggs Hat

On 9 July 1864, after an evening with relatives, Thomas Briggs walked through Fenchurch Station and entered carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney bound train Little did he know that he was travelling into history A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the compartment As they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the buttoned indentations of the cushions Then he saw blood smeared all over the floor and windows of the carriage, and a bloody handprint on the door Ladies in the adjacent carriage complained that their dresses had been stained by spurts of blood entering their window while the train was in motion.But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs The only things left in the carriage were his ivory knobbed walking stick, his empty leather bag and a hat that, stangely, did not belong to Mr Briggs So begins a breakneck paced, fascinating Victorian true crime story a story that obsessed the nation and changed rail travel for ever With formidable narrative skill, Kate Colquhoun evokes the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian rail travel, and uncovers long buried secrets from one of the most gripping murder investigation of that age. Free Read Mr Briggs Hat Author Kate Colquhoun For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr It s insomnia time again so I m managing to get quite a bit of reading done while I m miserable If I must rate this book, it s about a 3.2 More at my reading journal here The crime under study here is in England, 1864, and begins with a train stop at the midway point on the line between Fenchurch Street and Chalk Farm As a train guard is fretting over being behind schedule while th...Questa recensione presente anche sul blog 1864 Il treno terribile in ritardo per la cronaca, si tratta di quattro minuti per i nostri standard rientriamo ancora abbondantemente nella fascia ancora in orario , ma al momento fermo alla stazione di Hackney.Amis, il capotreno, pronto per fischiare la partenza, ma dagli scompartimenti di prima classe giungono dei grossi grattacapi Un uomo, in compagnia del socio, ha cercato di accomodarsi Questa recensione presente anche sul blog 1864 Il treno terribile in ritardo per la cronaca, si tratta di quattro minuti per i nostri standard rientriamo ancora abbondantemente nell...In mid Victorian England, the railway was coming into its own as a method of travel and opened up the country which previously had used carriages taking days to reach their destinations The problem with the passenger train was the design.the first class carriage was basically a box in which the traveler was locked without any egress nor any way to contact the porter or other train employees if something was amiss And this error in judgement by the rail companies led to the first railway mur In mid Victorian England, the railway was coming into its own as a method of travel and opened up the country which previously had used carriages taking days to reach their destinations The problem with the passenger train was the design.the first class carriage was basically a box in which the traveler was locked without any egress nor any way to contact the porter or other train employees if something was amiss And this error in judgement by the rail companies led to the first railway murder It also led to some changes ...The London underground railway, the first in the world opened with great fanfare in 1863 This is an account of the first railway murder that occurred only a year later in 1864 and created a great sensation as Londoners realised that they were not safe on this form of public transport The first trains had no corridor for internal travel between compartments and passengers had no way of calling for help if assaulted Mr Briggs, a 69 y old ban...Neste livro, a autora, Kate Colquhoun, relata nos a hist ria do assalto e assassinato brutal de Thomas Briggs, em 1864, o primeiro crime deste g nero num comboio brit nico um livro interessante, com alguns momentos algo repetitivos, apoiado na document...On 9 July 1864 two bank clerks enter a first class train compartment only to discover that it is covered in blood, with no sign of an injured person or body although they do find a walking stick, an empty leather bag and a hat.Shortly afterwards Thomas Briggs, a senior bank clerk, is found, fatally injured a short way back along the railway line When Briggs dies without regaining consciousness shortly, a murder investigation commences.The investigation is headed by Richard Tanner of the still r On 9 July 1864 two bank clerks enter a first class train compartment only to discover that it is covered in blood, with no sign of an injured person or body although they do find a walking stick, an empty leather bag and a hat.Shor...Great who dunnit set in England and the US during Civil War times It gives us some feeling for what went on in the country besides the war As a lawyer I found the New York extradition proceedings disturbing You won t know for certain if the London police caught the perpetrat...A book that started promisingly but then became so mired in petty detail and endless repetition that I lost interest Well written and researched but I didn t feel the case was interesting enough to require such an in depth study.Bel libro storicamente documentato scritto con la scansione di un giallo, l accuratezza di un saggio e la verve di un divulgatore Mr Briggs viene trovato morto scaraventato gi da un treno nell Inghilterra della incrollabile fede del progresso, della scienza, del commercio, dell industria Il delitto scuote il Paese, la nascente Scotland Yard viene coinvolta, inizia una caccia all uomo basata soprattutto sulle delazioni pi che sui risultati molto incerti dell inchiesta CSI era ancora molto l Bel libro storicamente documentato scritto con la scansione di un giallo, l accuratezza di un saggio e la verve di un divulgatore Mr Briggs viene trovato morto scaraventato gi da un treno nell Inghilterra della incrollabile fede del progresso, della scienza, del commercio, dell industria Il delitto scuote il ...I must admit to a certain initial prejudice against purchasing this book because, having read the blurb, it seemed to me an attempt to cash in on the success of Kate Summerscale s excellent The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Indeed Jack Whicher is mentioned in these pages as a contemporary of the detective Inspector Richard Tanner who is the chief investigator of the murder of Thomas Briggs in a Victorian railway carriage, the subject of Kate Colquhon s book It s certainly true that the Colquhon s I must admit to a certain initial prejudice against purchasing this book because, having read the blurb, it seemed to me an attempt to cash in on the success of Kate Summerscale s excellent The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Indeed Jack Whicher is mentioned in these pages as a contemporary of the detective Inspector Richard Tanner who is the chief investigator of the murder of Thomas Briggs in a Victorian railway carriage, the subject of Kate Colquhon s book It s certainly true that the Colquhon story covers the same period of history, tracks the investigation of a real life high profile murder and treats its subject in a very similar style to Kate Summerscale, but I came to the conclusion that I couldn t blame the author for the publisher s opportunism and that her own credentials were anyway impeccable So I bought the book.I m glad I did As with Mr Whicher I was transported to mid Victorian England and was as thorou...

• English
• 06 July 2018
Kate Colquhoun
• Hardcover
• 339 pages
• 1847443699
• Kate Colquhoun
• Mr Briggs Hat