Аннотация: The Invention of Murder. How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

Murder in the 19th century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous - transformed into novels, into broadsides and ballads, into theatre and melodrama and opera - even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts.

In this meticulously researched and compelling book, Judith Flanders - author of 'The Victorian House' - 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.

Автор/составитель	Flanders Judith
Год выпуска	2011
ISBN	9780007248896
Производитель	Harpercollins
Количество томов	1
Количество страниц	556
Переплет	Мягкая обложка
Размеры	198x130x35 мм
Цвет	Белый
Тип бумаги	газетная (30-52 г/м2)
Вес	400
Язык	английский