The blind beak
By: Ernest Dudley
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Linford mystery library; Linford mystery library
Publisher: Linford
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9781847822185
Subjects: Fiction; Police magistrates; History
Description: Eighteenth-century London. Blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, "The Blind Beak," had instigated the Bow Street Runners to combat the hordes of criminals so rife throughout the city. Criminals such as Nick Rathburn, who fights his way out of Newgate Gaol. Then, by a twist of fate, Nick becomes a secret agent for "The Blind Beak." However, as Sir John, amid the Gordon Riots, is in the hands of the terrorising mob, Nick faces death on the gallows at Tyburn.
Notes: Originally published: London: Robert Hale, 1954.