Author: PENNY PICTORIAL PLAY.
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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The Penny Pictorial Play. No. 1-32
Author: PENNY PICTORIAL PLAY.
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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The Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900
Author: Michael Wolff
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
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The Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1224
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The Waterloo Directory of Victorian Periodicals
The Invention of Murder
Author: Judith Flanders
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250024889
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detective fiction alike." -Publishers Weekly, starred review In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, opera, and melodrama-even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other-the founders of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell. In this meticulously researched and engrossing book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder in Great Britain, both famous and obscure: from Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around town by omnibus, to Burke and Hare's bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, to the tragedy of the murdered Marr family in London's East End. Through these stories of murder-from the brutal to the pathetic-Flanders builds a rich and multi-faceted portrait of Victorian society in Great Britain. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the utterly dangerous, The Invention of Murder is both a mesmerizing tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250024889
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
"Superb... Flanders's convincing and smart synthesis of the evolution of an official police force, fictional detectives, and real-life cause célèbres will appeal to devotees of true crime and detective fiction alike." -Publishers Weekly, starred review In this fascinating exploration of murder in nineteenth century England, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, ballads, opera, and melodrama-even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and the new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other-the founders of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell. In this meticulously researched and engrossing book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder in Great Britain, both famous and obscure: from Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancée around town by omnibus, to Burke and Hare's bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, to the tragedy of the murdered Marr family in London's East End. Through these stories of murder-from the brutal to the pathetic-Flanders builds a rich and multi-faceted portrait of Victorian society in Great Britain. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the utterly dangerous, The Invention of Murder is both a mesmerizing tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Tercentenary Handlist of English & Welsh Newspapers, Magazines & Reviews ...
Author: Roland Austin
Publisher: London : Dawsons of Pall Mall
ISBN:
Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Publisher: London : Dawsons of Pall Mall
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Category : English newspapers
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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