Books by Stephen Wade

In Tracing Your Prisoner Ancestors, crime historian Stephen Wade attempts to provide information and guidance to family and social history researchers in this difficult area of criminal records

Uncovering the hidden histories of iconic American folksongs

In Stephen Wade's personal casebook, he gazes back over favourite investigations in his home county Yorkshire - rich with villainous acts, painstaking detective work, injustice and the allure of the unsolved case; including Leeds's most notorious female killer Louie Calvert and why Wade believes her conviction and hanging a travesty.

Introduces the aspiring crime writer to the skills needed to write true crime and crime history. The chapters cover everything from finding a subject, working on a creative treatment and researching in libraries and archives. The reader is given a clear understanding of the craft of writing in this popular and expanding area, with material included from social history, law and criminology.

Tells the stories of the communities lost off the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk over the centuries, from the medieval towns such as Dunwich through to the modern places assailed by coastal erosion

Presents numerous personal experiences of the war

Recounts the history of the Yorkshire coast and its lost communities through the centuries

The history of the British detective

London, 1890: A group of seven amateur criminologists based at the Septimus Club in Piccadilly set out to investigate a series of mysterious crimes committed in the capital. In these, their first six adventures, the society take on some challenging cases, relishing the thrill of the chase as enemies mount against them and old vendettas return.

An overview of 19th- and 20th-century writing from the British Isles shows a constant interplay between metropolitan centers and regional peripheries-an interplay that points to the basic importance of place and belonging in literary creation and evaluation. This volume examines the relationship between British literature-including poetry, fiction, biography, and drama-and regional consciousness in the Victorian and modern periods, introducing the reader to a range of responses to the profound feelings of belonging engendered by the sense of place. The works covered are a mixture of familiar classics and less well-known writings from working-class writers or forgotten writers who were successful in their era. After accounting for the emergence of regional writing in the early 19th century, the author analyzes the development of regional writing in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, focusing on issues such as the sociopolitical context of the regional novel, the print and literary cultures around regional presses, and the place of documentary in regional consciousness.

The A-Z of curious Lincolnshire

This new book brings together Stephen Wade's two areas of interest, focusing on the writers in the reigns of Anne to Victoria. The essays here recount and explore the prison experience of writers, both famous and obscure, who came to know the insides of Britain's prisons.

Revisiting murder cases from Lincoln's past

Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this exceptionally researched book offers an insight into spying in the age of Victoria.

There have been a great many books written on military intelligence and the secret services rooted in the twentieth century; however there is very little covering the activities of the men involved in the establishment of this fascinating institution. Its origins lie in the British Army: from the beginnings in the Topographical Department to the Boer War, when various factors made the foundation work of the eventual MI5 (founded in 1909) possible. Incredibly, there were two vast armies in the 1840s, both serving the state and Queen, yet no formally organized military intelligence bureau. Such ignorance of the enemy brought about many botched and bloody encounters, such as the notorious Charge of the Light Brigade. The thrilling story of the various intelligence sources for the armed forces throughout the Victorian period is one of individuals, adventurers and small, ad hoc bodies set up by commanders when the need arose. Stephen Wades enthralling book reveals the unsteady foundations of one of the countrys most prominent and renowned organizations, tracing the various elements that gradually composed the intelligence and political branches of Britains Secret Service.

Hanged at York

Lincolnshire Murders is a collection of the stories behind some of the murders in the county since about 1850.