The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

Name: The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
Brand: HarperPress
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By Judith Flanders

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A deeply engaging and completely original book about 19th century Britain's fascination with good quality murder. In this meticulously researched and compelling book, Judith Flanders takes us back in time to explore some of the most gripping, gruesome, and mind-boggling killings of the time, looking at how murder was regarded by the wider British population - and how it became an odd form of popular entertainment.

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Number of Pages:: 556
Release Date:: 2011-01-06
Publication Date:: 2011-01-06
Publisher:: HarperPress
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0007248881
Weight:: 924 g

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