The art of the English murder
Item details
- ISBN: 9781605989099
- ISBN: 1605989096
- ISBN: 9781605986340
- ISBN: 1605986348
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Physical Description:
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312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color facsimiles, portraits (some color) ; 23 cm - Publisher: New York ; London : Pegasus Crime, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2014
Contents / Notes
General Note: | "From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock"--Cover. "As seen on the BBC as A very British murder"--Cover. Originally published as: A very British murder. London : BBC Books, 2014. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | How to enjoy a murder. A connoisseur in murder -- The highway -- The watchmen -- The murder circuit -- House of wax -- True crime -- Charles Dickens, crime writer -- The ballad of Maria Marten -- Stage fright -- The Bermondsey Horror -- Enter the detective. Middle-class murders and medical gentlemen -- The good wife -- Detective fever -- A new sensation -- "It is worse than a crime, Violet ..." -- Monsters and men -- The adventure of the forensic scientist -- Revelations of a lady detective -- The golden age. The women between the wars -- The duchess of death -- A life less ordinary -- The great game -- Snobbery with violence -- The dangerous edge of things -- Postscript. The decline of English murder. |
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Genre: | Case studies. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. |
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Northwest Georgia Regional Library: Calhoun-Gordon County Library |
364.152 WORSLEY, LUCY (
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31038700267068 | CG-NONFIC | Available |