Very British Murder
(Sprache: Englisch)
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. This book explores this phenomenon in forensic detail, revisiting notorious crimes like the Ratcliff Highway Murders,...
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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. This book 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.
Autoren-Porträt von Lucy Worsley
Dr Lucy Worsley is a historian and Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, where she looks after the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace among others. She has presented numerous television series, including Harlots, Housewives and Heroines for BBC4 and If Walls Could Talk for BBC1, for which she also wrote an accompanying book. Lucy has also written numerous other books, including Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Lucy Worsley
- Maße: 16,1 x 23,5 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Ebury Press
- ISBN-10: 1849906343
- ISBN-13: 9781849906340
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.09.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Worsley's book covers a great deal of ground...it provides an excellent overview of how the consumption of crime became a dominant part of our cultural landscape" The Sunday Times "Worsley captures this bloody love affair very well" The Independent "Worsley retells the stories of famous murderers and legendary criminals in delightfully readable language, with the occasional sharp, illuminating comment" Literary Review
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