Swanson: Life and Times of a Victorian Detective (PDF)

DONALD SUTHERLAND SWANSON was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867. The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police as a constable and began patrolling the streets of the capital. 35 years later he retired as Superintendent of the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard, the top detective in the country.

Set against the backdrop of the developing Metropolitan Police, this book tells the story of a life and career which included railway murderers, grave robbers, fraudulent mediums, Jack the Ripper, the Philosopher’s Stone, shocking revelations about the aristocracy and a crazed captain with sea serpents in a bottle.

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