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Murder - a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange, very British obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves? In A Very British Murder , Lucy Worsley explores this phenomenon in forensic detail, revisiting notorious crimes like the Ratcliff Highway Murders, which caused a nation-wide panic in the early nineteenth century, and the case of Frederick and Maria Manning, the suburban couple who were hanged after killing Maria's lover and burying him under their kitchen floor. Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, puppet shows and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of modern Britain, murder entered our national psyche, and it's been a part of us ever since. A Very British Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime, and a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.
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A Very British Murder, Lucy Worsley
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2014
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- A Very British Murder
- Podtytuł
- The Curious Story of How Crime Was Turned into Art
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Lucy Worsley
- Wydawca
- BBC Books
- Rok wydania
- 2014
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 312
- ISBN10
- 1849906513
- ISBN13
- 9781849906517
- Seria
- Tagi
- Morderstwa, Europa, Wielka Brytania, Detektyw, Historia Europy, Historia kultury, O książkach, Seryjni mordercy, Historia społeczna, Imperium Brytyjskie, Kuba Rozpruwacz
- Ocena
- 4 z 5
- Opis
- Murder - a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange, very British obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves? In A Very British Murder , Lucy Worsley explores this phenomenon in forensic detail, revisiting notorious crimes like the Ratcliff Highway Murders, which caused a nation-wide panic in the early nineteenth century, and the case of Frederick and Maria Manning, the suburban couple who were hanged after killing Maria's lover and burying him under their kitchen floor. Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, puppet shows and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of modern Britain, murder entered our national psyche, and it's been a part of us ever since. A Very British Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime, and a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.