The Invention of Murder

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

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Publisher's Synopsis

This text is about 19th-century Britain's fascination with good quality murder. Murder during this period was ubiquitous - not necessarily in quantity but in quality. This was the era of penny-bloods, early crime fiction and melodramas for the masses. It was a time when murder and entertainment were firmly entwined.

Book information

ISBN: 9781250048530
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 364.1523094109034
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xi, 556
Weight: 490g
Height: 216mm
Width: 137mm
Spine width: 39mm