A very British murder : the curious story of how crime was turned into art

Author(s)

• Worsley, Lucy

Bibliographic Information

A very British murder : the curious story of how crime was turned into art

Lucy Worsley

BBC Books, 2014, c2013

Note

"First published in 2013 ... This paperback edition published 2014"--T.p. verso

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the story of a national obsession. Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives who still enthrall us today. A Very British Murder is Lucy Worsley's captivating account of this curious national obsession. It is a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.

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Details

• NCID: BB21506905
• ISBN:
  • 9781849906517
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 312 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 306.40941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Murder -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History
  • LCSH : National characteristics, British
  • LCSH : Murder in mass media
  • LCSH : Murder in literature
  • LCSH : Murder in art
  • LCSH : Murder -- Great Britain -- History