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John Fielding was famous not only as cofounder of London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners, but also as a magistrate of keen intellect, fairness and uncommon detective ability.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Bruce Alexander
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 279
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780399143090
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