Author: Lionel Benson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The Book of Remarkable Trials and Notorious Characters
Author: Lionel Benson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The book of remarkable trials and notorious characters
Author: L. Benson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The Book of Remarkable Trials and Notorious Characters
Author: L. Benson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The Book of Remarkable Trials and Notorious Characters. From "Half-hanged Smith," 1700-to Oxford who Shot at the Queen, 1840. With Numerous Illustrations by Phiz
Author: Benson, L
Publisher: London Reeves and Turner [18 ?]
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Publisher: London Reeves and Turner [18 ?]
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
General Catalogue of the Books
Author: Detroit Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 1138
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore ...
Author: Johns Hopkins University. Peabody Institute Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
The Private Book of Useful Alloys & Memoranda for Goldsmiths, Jewellers, &c
Author: James E. Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold alloys
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gold alloys
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Eugene Aram
Author: Eric Russell Watson
Publisher: Canada Law Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Trial in 1759, for the murder of Daniel Clark.
Publisher: Canada Law Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Trial in 1759, for the murder of Daniel Clark.
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.
Catalogue of books in the lending department of the public library, Buckingham palace road
Author: London St. George, Hanover sq, publ. libr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description