Britain's Greatest Private Detective AC25 A fishing port for centuries

A fishing port for centuries

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from a boy with little hope to an anti-establishment hero

Britain's Greatest Private Detective AC25 A fishing port for centuriesFrom his offices at Basinghall Street in the City of London, Henry Slater presided over Britain's best known private detective agency, king of all he surveyed. In the late Victorian era, and into the twentieth century, his name was synonymous with the Golden Age of private detection; he was a truly modern operator, utilising the press and technology, and creating innovative publicity campaigns to keep his agency in the public eye. One of the key