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Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Joan Lock

Mystery

Ulverscroft Large Print Bks.

<p>Dickens said that Scotland Yard detectives gave the impression of 'strong mental excitement'. Readers of this book will understand why. It records how, when the forces detective branch was set up in 1842, the favoured murder weapon was the cut-throat razor, fingerprinting was 50 years away and the only way to contact a colleague was by post. Including such classic cases as the Custom House Fraud and the Battersea Murder, it provides valuable insight into Victorian police procedure.</p>

Scotland Yard's First Cases

Robert Hale Company

<p>Here, now fully updated for the twenty-first century, is the complex and fascinating history of the formation of the British Women Police. Full of drama, intrigue and humour, it also captures, through well-authenticated primary material, the colour and manner of the times. Remarkable women abound in this book, from the wealthy and eccentric Margaret Damer Dawson to the excitement-hungry ex-suffragette Mary Allen; and from the alluring but ill-starred Mrs Stanley to the tireless Mrs Peto. A few famous faces like Winston Churchill, Lady Astor and Adolf Hitler also feature, as does the women police's arch-enemy: the magistrate Frederick Mead. The pressure for the appointment of women police began well before World War I. Anti-white-slave traffic organizations felt they would help to stem the flow of prostitutes to and from Europe and suffragettes wanted them to ensure fairer treatment for women from the police and courts of law. But it was the Great War that gave them a launching pad for their battle. Early policewomen fought much public and police prejudice, wondering all the time how far to hold out for their ideals and how much to compromise for the sake of some official recognition; the eternal problem when breaking new ground. Their story, which was played out not only in the streets and courts of Great Britain and the House of Commons but in a defeated Germany and strife-torn 1920s Ireland, as well as in prohibition-era USA, ended in victory with their official integration into the force in the 1970s.     But as the finale chapters of this edition show, the battle did not end there. It describes how, particularly in some areas and specialities, the resistance of some of the male officers became nasty and even aggressive and in one particular instance resulted in a grave deterioration in the treatment of the female public. </p>

The British Policewoman

History

Europe

Robert Hale, Ltd.

When Joan Lock began her formal training as a young nurse in the 1950s, she was unprepared for the strict discipline and long hours which were to follow and quickly realised she was no Florence Nightingale. Her honest and humorous account of the next three years reveals her most intimate experiences of being a nurse: from dealing with temperamental surgeons to fighting off flirtatious patients. Labelled a trouble-maker, Joan and her friends tested their strict Sisters' patience as they climbed through windows, slept through lectures and broke every thermometer that passed through their hands. But through it all, Joan found herself touched by the people she met and their heart-warming stories.

Please, Nurse!

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Orion an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd

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