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The blind beak

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Eighteenth-century London. Blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, "The Blind Beak," had instigated the Bow Street Runners to combat the hordes of criminals so rife throughout the city. Criminals such as Nick Rathburn, who fights his way out of Newgate Gaol. …

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Eighteenth-century London. Blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, "The Blind Beak," had instigated the Bow Street Runners to combat the hordes of criminals so rife throughout the city. Criminals such as Nick Rathburn, who fights his way out of Newgate Gaol. Then, by a twist of fate, Nick becomes a secret agent for "The Blind Beak." However, as Sir John, amid the Gordon Riots, is in the hands of the terrorising mob, Nick faces death on the gallows at Tyburn.

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"Eighteenth-century London. Blind magistrate, Sir John Fielding, "The Blind Beak," had instigated the Bow Street Runners to combat the hordes of criminals so rife throughout the city. Criminals such as …"

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