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Very British Murder, A by Lucy Worsley (Hardcover, 2013)
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Murder - a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange, very British obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves? In A Very British Murder, Lucy Worsley explores this phenomenon in forensic detail, revisiting notorious crimes like the Ratcliff Highway Murders, which caused a nation-wide panic in the early nineteenth century, and the case of Frederick and Maria Manning, the suburban couple who were hanged after killing Maria's lover and burying him under their kitchen floor. Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, puppet shows and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of modern Britain, murder entered our national psyche, and it's been a part of us ever since. A Very British Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime, and a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.Product Identifiers
PublisherEbury Publishing
ISBN-139781849906340
eBay Product ID (ePID)176470052
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameVery British Murder, a
Publication Year2013
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorLucy Worsley
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight592 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorLucy Worsley
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- 25 Oct, 2018
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- 07 Dec, 2022
Modest but interesting
Just a modest contribution to past crimes.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
