ROBERT MARSDEN : A Detective Police Officer of Victorian Liverpool

by Isla Broadwell

Robert Marsden was a real-life detective officer who served in the Liverpool City Police Force during the middle of the nineteenth century. His investigations took him from the dark and squalid courts of Liverpool's infamous Scotland Road and Vauxhall districts to the streets of New York City. Newspaper reports, police records, maps and contemporary photographs are used to tell his story. Detective Marsden gives us a unique and fascinating glimpse of Victorian Liverpool - the city known as 'Gateway to the Empire' and the 'black spot on the Mersey'.

197 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 22, 2020

Reviews

[Lisa Douglas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book on the life and times of a real-life detective in Victorian Liverpool. Filled with maps, photographs and newspaper articles, the riotous behaviour of Liverpool's underclass versus the newly fledged police force makes for fascinating reading.

[Johanna Robinson]

This book is fascinating and so well researched. Shone a light on a time that's too easy to see in black and white.

[Neil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reccomend for anyone interested in Liverpool history, but also anyone interested in Victorian criminality, health and poverty issues, law, housing and migration.