Mr Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder
Mr Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun
English | ISBN: 1847443699 | 2011 | EPUB + MOBI | 339 pages | 2,4 + 2,7 MB
English | ISBN: 1847443699 | 2011 | EPUB + MOBI | 339 pages | 2,4 + 2,7 MB
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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