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The art of the English murder, Lucy Worsley

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The art of the English murder, Lucy Worsley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index

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facsimilesplatesportraitsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The art of the English murder

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

870098467

Responsibility statement

Lucy Worsley

Table Of Contents

Part one. How to enjoy a murder. 1. A connoisseur in murder -- 2. The highway -- 3. The watchmen -- 4. The murder circuit -- 5. House of wax -- 6. True crime -- 7. Charles Dickens, crime writer -- 8. The ballads of Maria Marten -- 9. Stage fright -- 10. The Bermondsey Horror -- Part two. Enter the detective. 11. Middle-class murders and medical gentlemen -- 12. The good wife -- 13. Detective fever -- 14. A new sensation -- 15. "It is worse than a crime, Violet..." -- 16. Monsters and men -- 17. The adventure of the forensic scientist -- 18. Revelations of a lady detective -- Part three. The golden age. 19. The women between the wars -- 20. The duchess of death -- 21. A life less ordinary -- 22. The great game -- 23. Snobbery with violence -- 24. The dangerous edge of things -- Postscript: The decline of English murder

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