Swanson : The Life & Times Of A Victorian Detective ( Wood )

[Howard Brown]

I had the opportunity to read some of Adam's book last night.....not much and not enough....but wanted to say that this is an extraordinarily well-researched and comprehensive work. Very impressive effort on Adam's part.

[Lemonjelly]

I picked up my copy yesterday (it arrived at the beginning of the week).

First impressions - my word! Beautiful hardback book, and I didn't realise how weighty a book this would be. Need to reinforce the shelves...

Vast contents pages, humongous list of illustrations, thorough index and bibliography.

This looks awesome. I can't wait to tuck in. Thus I'm motivated to finish my current book...

[Cogidubnus]

I'm in the same boat Lemon...with some twenty odd books already in my "to read" pile, five or six of which are Whitechapel-related, should I let this one jump the queue? Having said that, I've been looking forward to it for such a long time...

[Cris Malone]

Received my copy a few days ago and should finish it tonight. I don't know if I've seen a biography in this genre so detailed and researched. Now days, I usually get Kindle or audio version of books for convenience. Glad I got a hardcopy on this one. Well worth it. Right along with Chieftain and Capturing Jack the Ripper for a study of the evolution of the Met police.

[Adam Wood]

Hi everyone,

Many thanks to those who have made early comment on the book - I realise it's going to take some time to read the entire volume, but I wanted to say that I greatly appreciate the feedback and look forward to reading your thoughts.

Best wishes
Adam

[John Savage]

Hi Adam,

I have just finished reading your book and would like to pass on my congratulations, in my opinion the most well researched and well written biography I have read since I don’t know when.

The exhaustive detail and information you have found on Swanson and the Metropolitan Police is very interesting and I can understand how hard you must have worked to put this all together. Well done you!

The high quality of both the printing and binding has not gone unnoticed either; so a pat on the back to your printers.

All the best
John

[Howard Brown]

Thanks for your review, John.

[Adam Wood]

Hi John,

Thank you so much for your kind words on the book - I’m so glad that you enjoyed it. It was a labour of love, to be sure, but I learned a lot while undertaking the research!

All the best
Adam

Hi Adam,

I have just finished reading your book and would like to pass on my congratulations, in my opinion the most well researched and well written biography I have read since I don’t know when.

The exhaustive detail and information you have found on Swanson and the Metropolitan Police is very interesting and I can understand how hard you must have worked to put this all together. Well done you!

The high quality of both the printing and binding has not gone unnoticed either; so a pat on the back to your printers.

All the best
John