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Item Details
Title:
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A VERY BRITISH MURDER
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By: |
Lucy Worsley |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£9.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1448142008 |
ISBN 13: |
9781448142002 |
Publisher: |
EBURY PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
12 September, 2013 |
Pages: |
320 |
Description: |
Tells the story of a national obsession. This book presents a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians. |
Synopsis: |
This is the story of a national obsession.Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives who still enthrall us today. A Very British Murder is Lucy Worsley's captivating account of this curious national obsession. It is a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
BBC Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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