MAN WHO WAS JEKYLL AND HYDE (DEACON BRODIE)

He was a respected Edinburgh councillor and craftsman by day - yet by night, Deacon William Brodie stole from his rich friends and used the money to fund another life, with two mistresses and five children. The model for Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde faced public disgrace when an accomplice informed on him, and he was sentenced to hang on a gallows of his own making. Yet the ever-brazen and resourceful Brodie placed his faith in one last trick to save his life.