Bibliograph

The invention of murder, how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime, by Judith Flanders

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The invention of murder, how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime, by Judith Flanders

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The invention of murder

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

811597750

Responsibility statement

by Judith Flanders

Sub title

how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime

Summary

In this exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders explores some of the most gripping cases that fascinated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction. She 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

Table Of Contents

Imagining murder -- Trial by newspaper -- Entertaining murder -- Policing murder -- Panic -- Middle-class poisoners -- Science, technology and the law -- Violence -- Modernity

Target audience

adult

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