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Step into the smoke filled streets of Victorian Coventry, a city bustling with industry and shaped by the daily struggle for survival. Here, boys became chimney sweeps, mothers sold their wedding rings for a loaf of bread, and illness, injury, and misfortune seemed to lurk around every corner.

In this world of clanging machinery and quiet suffering, one man walked the delicate line between life and death. His name was Dr. Charles Webb Iliffe Coventry’s Chief Coroner.