⇒ Download Gratis Blind Justice Sir John Fielding Bruce Alexander 9780399139789 Books

Blind Justice Sir John Fielding Bruce Alexander 9780399139789 Books

Download As PDF : Blind Justice Sir John Fielding Bruce Alexander 9780399139789 Books

Blind Justice Sir John Fielding Bruce Alexander 9780399139789 Books

I remember reading this series in high school, and I was delighted to find it for cheap on Amazon. (I had to buy them piece-meal.) My local libraries don't have any of them. Perhaps they're either too old or not old enough.
I can't put my finger on what exactly I love about the series, but I love it. Perhaps it's the somewhat unique type of narration. Or perhaps it's the way Alexander paints 19th Century London for his readers. He uses enough detail to be interesting, but not so much that you get bored. Whatever the case may be, the whole series is a delight to read for anyone who is a fan of historical fiction.
Be warned, Alexander is rather fond of 25-cent words. I enjoy it, because I enjoy learning new words, but if you're put off by lots of big words, these may not be the books for you.

P.S. These are also good reads for fans of mystery and detective stories.


Tags : Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding) [Bruce Alexander] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The legendary--and blind--eighteenth-century judge, Sir John Fielding, cofounder of London's first police force,Bruce Alexander,Blind Justice (Sir John Fielding),Putnam Adult,0399139788,Mystery & Detective - General,Blind;Fiction.,Judges;Fiction.,London (England);History;18th century;Fiction.,American Mystery & Suspense Fiction,Blind,Detective and mystery stories,Fiction,Fiction - Mystery Detective,Fiction Mystery & Detective General,Fielding, John,Judges,MysterySuspense

Blind Justice Sir John Fielding Bruce Alexander 9780399139789 Books Reviews

This is a great, great series!! The best I've ever read of historical novels or mysteries set in the 18th century. You will be spellbound as he weaves their world, stunned at times, moved to hearty laughter at other, and sometimes to tears. These delights await readers of any and all of the splendid Sir John Fielding mysteries. Enough said!!
You need to read the first book to get the 1700's into the story of a young man who finds himself an orphan. When he runs to London, and is set up in a stealing ring of older men, he is so innocent, that the blind magistrate took him in as a helper of anything. This is the first book of at least 10 books and I get from the book club or library. Excellent history, research, ( some words I had never heard of and had to look up ) and the beginning of the British police force, the Bow Street Runners. I hope to continue to find books that carry on the story.
I read this years ago and sent it, along with others in the series to my 13-year-old grandson, as this is the story of a 13-year-old orphan in 18th C. London,where he becomes the ward of the blind justice, Sir John Fielding, a historical person. I liked all ten of those written by the original author,who died before he could finish #11.
In the tradition of a Watson retelling the cases of his friend, Jeremy Proctor retells cases he assisted blind magistrate Sir John Fielding, founder of the Bow Street Runner police force. Refreshingly, Jeremy is only 13 when the first case, BLIND JUSTICE, starts. The storyteller, the now mature Fielding, tenderly shows his childhood assumptions and lack of knowledge (even of sex).
London of 1768 comes alive through the awe and excitement of young Jeremy and the wonderful descriptive skill of Bruce Alexander. Descriptions of people are given not only from the young boy's view point, but also from the him describing the person to the magistrate and Sir John's knowledge of the person by observation with other than his eyes.

Even though the reader easily catches on to who murdered whom, the lack of young Jeremy's knowledge is the string that pulls the reader forward through the book. In order to keep some knowledge from the reader, young Jeremy is sent from the room by Sir John. Yet by doing so, the reader guesses what knowledge has been departed. It still works in this book because it is so refreshing to have a likable young protagonist.

But if this is going to be the plot mechanism standard to all the books, it will soon become tiresome.

If in his second book, MURDER IN GRUB STREET, I find a slightly smarter and more street-wise kid, I will continue to read the series and watch as young Jeremy grows to manhood.

Well done. Highly recommended.
I'm in the process of reading this thrilling novel. That being the case, I can say definitely the opening moments had me spellbound. The writing is clear, descriptive, and weighty with meaning. It's easy to identify with the characters and their search for meaning. Equally so, the wretched state of human affairs--on all levels--during the late 1700s on. Human nature may or may not surprise you in this novel. A blind judge doling out intelligent judgment and punishment--without sight? No, great insight here...and so much to treat and entrance the hours away, like I'm presently doing.
Certainly as entertaining as it needs to be but I would not be strongly inclined to read further in the series. The basic story involves John Fielding, cofounder of the Bow Street Runners with his rather more interesting older brother Henry Fielding. Blinded earlier in life, John Fielding became a magistrate known as the Blind Beak of Bow street. A young boy enters his service and serves and a sort of young amanuensis and Watson to his Sherlock at least as the voice of the narrator is concerned. Samuel Johnson and Boswell have cameo appearances but not very interesting ones and otherwise the rather rich world of Georgian England goes untapped at least in any detailed interesting way, but rather in the way the musical Oliver is informative about Dickensian England.
A wonderful story, written and published in the early 1990's but you would swear that it came from a time 200 years previous. And therein lies the charm and delight of this wonderful, and wonderfully told, novel.

Others have written about the storyline and characters and so there is no need for me to repeat what has already been revealed. Just let me say that if you have a fondness for stories written in the style of a bygone era then the Sir John Fielding stories are for you. Mr. Alexander has used the kernel of a good murder mystery and then fleshed the telling of it in a manner and style of late 18th century England. His writing is crisp yet entertaining, all the while flawlessly maintaining his mask of a period writer. Well done indeed.
I remember reading this series in high school, and I was delighted to find it for cheap on . (I had to buy them piece-meal.) My local libraries don't have any of them. Perhaps they're either too old or not old enough.
I can't put my finger on what exactly I love about the series, but I love it. Perhaps it's the somewhat unique type of narration. Or perhaps it's the way Alexander paints 19th Century London for his readers. He uses enough detail to be interesting, but not so much that you get bored. Whatever the case may be, the whole series is a delight to read for anyone who is a fan of historical fiction.
Be warned, Alexander is rather fond of 25-cent words. I enjoy it, because I enjoy learning new words, but if you're put off by lots of big words, these may not be the books for you.

P.S. These are also good reads for fans of mystery and detective stories.