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MR Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder

hardcover – January 1, 2011
by Kate Colquhoun
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ISBN-13: 9781847443694 ISBN-10: 1847443699
Publisher
LITTLE, BROWN
Binding
hardcover
Published
January 1, 2011
Weight
1.4 lbs
Dimensions
23.60×3.10×15.90 cm

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MR Briggs' Hat: The True Story of a Victorian Railway Murder by Kate Colquhoun. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781847443694.

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.