Invention of Murder, The |
Book Category:
Fiction > General
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Author:
Flanders, Judith
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Binding:
Hardcover
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ISBN 13:
9781250024879
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Price:
USD 26.99
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
Talia Sherer,
Macmillan,175 Fifth Avenue, 21st Floor,
New York ,
New York - 10010,USA Inquiry
In this meticulously researched and engrossing book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder, both famous and obscure: from Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancee 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. 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.