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Title: | The Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuit | Contributor(s): | Baxter, Carol (author) | Publication Date: | 2013 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13896 | Abstract: | John Tawell was a sincere Quaker but a sinning one. Convicted of forgery, he was transported to Sydney, where he opened Australia's first retail pharmacy and made a fortune. When he returned home to England after fifteen years, he thought he would be welcomed; instead he was shunned. Then on New Year's Day 1845 Tawell boarded the 7:42 pm train to London Paddington. Soon, men arrived chasing a suspected murderer - but the 7:42 had departed. The Great Western Railway was experimenting with a new-fangled device, the electric telegraph, so a message was sent: a 'KWAKER' man was on the run. The trail became a sensation, involving no apparent weapon, much innuendo, and a pious man desperate to save his reputation - and would usher in the modern communication age. Told with narrative verve and rich in historical research, this is a delicious true tale of murder and scientific revolution in Victorian England. | Publication Type: | Book | Publisher: | Oneworld Publications | Place of Publication: | London, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 9781780742441 9781780742434 |
Fields of Research (FOR) 2008: | 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) 210305 British History |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 430302 Australian history 430304 British history |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeology |
HERDC Category Description: | A1 Authored Book - Scholarly | Publisher/associated links: | http://carolbaxter.com/electric-constable.html http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/201014474 |
Extent of Pages: | 391 |
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Appears in Collections: | Book |
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