The invention of murder
how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime
by Judith Flanders
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In this exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders explores some of the most gripping cases that fascinated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction. She retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder--both famous and obscure--from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End; Burke and Hare and their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; and Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancee around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know, "The Invention of Murder" is both a gripping tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
Jul 15, 2014, St. Martin's Griffin
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The invention of murder: how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime
2013, St. Martin's Press
in English
- First U.S. edition.
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Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
2013, St. Martin's Press
in English
1250024889 9781250024886
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Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
2011, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
0007352476 9780007352470
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Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
2011, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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Originally published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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