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dc.contributor.authorBaxter, Carolen
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-03T14:21:00Z-
dc.date.issued2013-
dc.identifier.isbn9781780742441en
dc.identifier.isbn9781780742434en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13896-
dc.description.abstractJohn 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.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherOneworld Publicationsen
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dc.titleThe Peculiar Case of the Electric Constable: A True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuiten
dc.typeBooken
dc.subject.keywordsAustralian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)en
dc.subject.keywordsBritish Historyen
local.contributor.firstnameCarolen
local.subject.for2008210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)en
local.subject.for2008210305 British Historyen
local.subject.seo2008970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeologyen
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local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailcbaxter5@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20130918-144622en
local.publisher.placeLondon, United Kingdomen
local.format.pages391en
local.title.subtitleA True Tale of Passion, Poison and Pursuiten
local.contributor.lastnameBaxteren
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThe Peculiar Case of the Electric Constableen
local.output.categorydescriptionA1 Authored Book - Scholarlyen
local.relation.urlhttp://carolbaxter.com/electric-constable.htmlen
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/version/201014474en
local.search.authorBaxter, Carolen
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local.year.published2013en
local.subject.for2020430302 Australian historyen
local.subject.for2020430304 British historyen
local.subject.seo2020280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studiesen
local.subject.seo2020280113 Expanding knowledge in history, heritage and archaeologyen
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