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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
By Flanders, Judith
- ISBN
- 9781250024879 9781250024886
- Publisher
- Thomas Dunne: St. Martin's
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Starred Review on June 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
Brilliantly researched and rendered, this is an indispensable read for anyone—scholars and the general public alike—who harbors an interest in the evolution of the notion and representation of murder. UK social historian Flanders (The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London) has written a remarkable cultural history that chronicles the way murder was regarded and written about during the Victorian era. Having sifted through innumer...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
