About the Author

Geoffrey W. Rice is a former professor of history at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand as well as the former head of the school of history at the university. He has been a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of London. He is the author of All Fall Down: Christchurch's Lost Chimneys, Black November, Christchurch Changing: An Illustrated History , and Christchurch Crimes 1850-1875 .