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Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 6
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English
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In 18th century London, Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate, faces pressure to disallow a claim on an estate by the brother of a hanged man. The king wants it and can only have it if there are no heirs.
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Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 10
Language
English
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The blind Magistrate of Bow Street returns with his youthful assistant Jeremy, in the tenth volume of a series which must have Sir Arthur Conan Doyle looking on approvingly from heaven.... Sir John and Jeremy are drawn deep into the notorious Seven Dial section of Georgian London, where they must contend with the baser habits of both aristocracy and the working class. When the body of a young girl is drawn from the Thames, Sir John and Jeremy begin...
Author
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Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 1
Language
English
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First of a series featuring Sir John Fielding, a magistrate who in the 18th Century co-founded London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. The narrator is Jeremy Proctor, a 13-year-old orphan who serves as Fielding's eyes. Fielding is blind. The series opens with the "suicide" of a lord known for his gambling and extra-marital affairs.
6) Watery grave
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Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 3
Language
English
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Sir John Fielding, the blind magistrate of Bow Street, has married the widow Katherine Durham. Some years ago he had persuaded the authorities to allow her son, Tom, to be conscripted into the Navy rather than be imprisoned for a youthful escapade. Now he is due to return to England after three years at sea, but his homecoming is marred by the death of an officer being deemed murder, not accident. As Tom is now part of his "eyes" Jeremy Proctor -...
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Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 2
Language
English
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Eighteenth-century London judge Sir John Fielding and his assistant, thirteen-year-old Jeremy Proctor, investigate the murders of a publisher and his family
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Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
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Eighteenth-century London judge Sir John Fielding and his assistant, Jeremy Proctor, investigate the unexpected death of a lord at a concert and the discovery of a disembodied head on the banks of the Thames
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