Client details
Kate Colquhoun
| Caroline Dawnay |
Kate Colquhoun is the author THE THRIFTY COOKBOOK, TASTE: The Story of Britain Through it's Cooking and also of A THING IN DISGUISE: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton. It was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2004 and longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2003. Her most recent book, MR BRIGGS HAT was shortlisted for Crime Writers Association Dagger Award for Non-Fiction 2011. She reviews regularly for the Daily Telegraph and contributes to a wide range of other publications. As a food historian and campaigner against food waste she appears regularly on national radio and television. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. Latest publication: MR BRIGGS' HAT, Little, Brown, 5th May 2011 A few minutes later, two bank clerks entered the compartment. As they sat down, one of them noticed blood pooled in the buttoned indentations of the cushions. Then he saw blood smeared all over the floor and windows of the carriage, and a bloody handprint on the door. Ladies in the adjacent carriage complained that their dressed had been stained by spurts of blood entering their window while the train was in motion. But there was no sign of Thomas Briggs. The only things left in the carriage were his ivory-knobbed walking stick, his empty leather bag - and a hat that, strangely, did not belong to Mr Briggs... So begins a breakneck-paced, fascinating Victoria true crime story - a story that obsessed the nation and changed rail travel for ever. With formidable narrative skill, Kate Colquhoun evokes the sights, sounds and smells of Victorian rail travel, and uncovers long-buried secrets from on of themost gripping murder investigations of that age. Reviews: "The author''s suspenseful writing style and clear prose make the tale easy to read . . . Colquhoun expertly places the murder within the larger context of British, Continental European and American history . . . Colquhoun successfully balances suspense with historical accuracy." Kirkus "Deploying her skill as a historian, Colquhoun turns a single curious murder case into a fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of mid- Victorian London. I found it unputdownable." Daily Telegraph "[A] thrilling book, which reads at times like a good Victorian novel . . . an utterly compelling did-he-do-it." The Sunday Times "An enthralling account of a real life mystery" Independent "Kate Colquhoun is a fine, robust writer who makes the most of its every twist and turn." (--The Mail on Sunday ) "The re-telling of this true story pits justice against baying-for-blood hysteria in a sensationally episodic tale that is every bit as compelling as it must have been when it happened." Easy Living "A thrilling book, which reads at times like a good Victorian novelŠan utterly compelling did-he-do-it." Sunday Times "Enthralling. . . . A fascinatingly quirky portrait of the underside of mid-Victorian London. I found it unputdownable." Miranda Seymour, The Daily Telegraph "The weight of evidence is in the balance to the very end. . . . Mesmerizing." Guardian "Ms. Colquhoun’s meticulously researched true-crime account, first published in England, is a tick-tock of the arrest and trial of a German tailor following a chase across the Atlantic…its final revelation is a showstopper." New York Times |
| Publication Details | Notes |
|---|---|
| THE THRIFTY COOKBOOK 2009 Bloomsbury | 476 ways to eat well with leftovers. This book is not about buying fresh, organic, sustainable, free-range ingredients. It’s about the bit that comes afterwards, the bit about eating it all up |
| TASTE 2007 Bloomsbury | The story of Britain through its cooking. TASTE tells a story as rich and diverse as a five-course dinner. |
| A THING IN DISGUISE 2003 BLOOMSBURY | Biography of Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, best known for designing The Crystal Palace |
