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THE INVENTION OF MURDER
HOW THE VICTORIANS REVELLED IN DEATH AND DETECTION AND CREATED MODERN CRIME |
| By: |
Judith Flanders |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£6.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0007352476 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780007352470 |
| Publisher: |
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
6 January, 2011 |
| Pages: |
556 |
| Description: |
"We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it." Punch. |
| Synopsis: |
"We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done is not to be undone, let us make our money out of it." Punch. Murder in nineteenth-century Britain was ubiquitous - not necessarily in quantity but in quality. This was the era of penny-bloods, early crime fiction and melodramas for the masses. This was a time when murder and entertainment were firmly entwined. In this meticulously researched and compelling book, Judith Flanders, author of Consuming Passions, takes us back in time to explore some of the most gripping, gruesome and mind-boggling murders of the nineteenth-century. Covering the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, as well as the lesser known but equally shocking acts of Burke and Hare, and Thurtell and Hunt, Flanders looks at how murder was regarded by the wider British population - and how it became a form of popular entertainment. Filled to the brim with rich source material - ranging from studies of plays, novels and contemporary newspaper articles, A Social History of Murder brings to life a neglected dimension of British social history in a completely new and exciting way. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
HarperPress |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2011 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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