Books matching: key murders in british culture
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Save:'A Very British Murder' by Lucy Worsley explores the history of murder in the British imagination, tracing the development of crime writing and real-life crime detection in England. Worsley delves into famous murders in England, the birth of detective fiction, and the cultural fascination with murder mysteries. offers insights into how real crimes inspired fictional stories, from Gothic novels and penny dreadfuls to the Golden Age of detective fiction.
UNTIL THE END of the eighteenth century, people’s attitudes towards murder had been very different. Of course, the crime of killing had existed. But Judith Flanders writes that in the year 1810, out o...2013•320 pages
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