The Art of the English Murder
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The Art of the English Murder

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
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The Art of the English Murder

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About This Book

Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche, and it's been a part of us ever since.The Art of the English Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime—and a riveting investigation into the English criminal soul by one of our finest historians.

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Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Year
2014
ISBN
9781605987194

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Part One: How to Enjoy a Murder
  6. Part Two: Enter the Detective
  7. Part Three: The Golden Age
  8. Postscript: ‘The Decline of English Murder’
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Picture Credits
  11. Sources
  12. Index
  13. Copyright