Overview

Jerome Caminada was a legendary policeman and real life Victorian super-sleuth. A master of disguise with a keen eye for detail and ingenious methods of detection, Caminada tracked notorious criminals through the seedy streets of Manchester's underworld, from pickpockets to poisoners, unscrupulous con artists to cold blooded murderers. In this first full length biography of his life, Caminada's compelling story bears all the hallmarks of Arthur Conan Doyle and establishes this indefatigable investigator as one of the most formidable detectives of the Victorian era and 'The Real Sherlock Holmes'. 16 pages of plates

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'A new biography, The Real Sherlock Holmes, by the historian Angela Buckley, highlights striking similarities between the fictional detective and Jerome Caminada, a police constable in Manchester who gained national fame in the 19th century for his crime solving.';;The Times;;'He was a master of disguise, an expert in deduction and spent decades in hot pursuit of his nemesis. Biographer Angela Buckley commemorates 100 years since the death of Jerome Caminada, the original great detective.';;Sunday Express;;This is a compelling read - a vibrant account of an extraordinary man, written with a verve that brings nineteenth century to life in all its grimy detail. Buckley claims that Inspector Caminada deserves to be as well-known as Sherlock Holmes, and this book goes a long way to achieving that aim.;;Dr Nick Barratt

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Angela Buckley is a freelance writer specialising in local and family history. She has published many articles on genealogy, social history and Manchester's colourful past and writes regularly for several family history magazines. In her previous career in modern languages education Angela published three teaching guides for GCSE French with Hodder & Stoughton. See her website victoriansupersleuth.com for more information.

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