The invention of murder : how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime
Flanders, Judith2011
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This text is about 19th-century Britain's fascination with good quality murder. Murder during this period was ubiquitous - not necessarily in quantity but in quality. This was the era of penny-bloods, early crime fiction and melodramas for the masses. It was a time when murder and entertainment were firmly entwined.
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Imprint:
London : HarperPress, 2011.
Collation:
xvii, 556 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007248896 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.152309364.152309410903
Language:
English
BRN:
222358
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