The Crime Doctor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500490454)

In the course of his meteoric career as Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Right Honorable Topham Vinson instituted many reforms and earned the reformer's whack of praise and blame. His methods were not those of the permanent staff; and while his notorious courage endeared him to the young, it was not in so strong a nature to leave friend or foe lukewarm. An assiduous contempt for tradition fanned the flame of either faction, besides leading to several of those personal adventures which were as breath to the Minister's unregenerate nostrils, but which never came out without exposing him to almost universal censure. It is matter for thanksgiving that the majority of his indiscretions were unguessed while he and his held office; for he was never so unconventional as in pursuance of those enlightened tactics on which his reputation rests, or in the company of that kindred spirit who had so much to do with their inception.

Author: E. W. Hornung
ISBN-10: 1500490458
ISBN-13: 9781500490454
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2014
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.25d