The invention of murder: how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime

Flanders, Judith

The invention of murder: how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime - HarperPress 2011 - xvii, 556 p., [16] p. of plates

Includes bibliographical references and index

This text is about 19th-century Britain's fascination with good quality murder. Murder during this period was ubiquitous - not necessarily in quantity but in quality. This was the era of penny-bloods, early crime fiction and melodramas for the masses. It was a time when murder and entertainment were firmly entwined.

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Murder--History--Great Britain--19th century
Murder in mass media

364.1523 FLA