Coward Christchurch's Controversial Coroner by Geoffrey W. Rice.

Coward Christchurch's Controversial Coroner by Geoffrey W. Rice.

Publisher : Hawthorn Press, NZ, 2023, first edition.
VERY SCARCE.

Very good softback, some shelf-wear dent to top of spine, no inscriptions, minor marks.
337 pages, illustrated.

"Be warned: this is a book about death. More specifically, sudden and unexplained deaths, including accidents, murders and suicides. Dr John Coward was Coroner for the Christchurch District in New Zealand between 1861 and 1886 and conducted inquests into hundreds of deaths in that quarter-century.Dr John Coward was Coroner for the Christchurch District in New Zealand between 1861 and 1886 and conducted inquests into hundreds of deaths in that quarter-century. The stories behind these deaths reveal much about the social history of nineteenth-century Christchurch and its often quirky inhabitants. Dr Coward’s career also throws new light on Christchurch’s notoriously quarrelsome medical fraternity. They criticised his appointment as Coroner because he had only the basic LSA qualification of an apothecary, yet he had practised as a doctor in London before emigrating to New Zealand."--Publisher information.

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