TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nightingale,Adam
TI  - Masters of crime: fiction's finest villains and their real-life inspirations 
SN  - 9780752454184 (hbk.) :
AV  - PR830.D4 
U1  - 823.08720927 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Stroud
PB  - History
KW  - Detective and mystery stories, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Fictitious characters
KW  - Villains in literature
KW  - Criminals
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Literature
KW  - ukslc
KW  - True crime
KW  - thema
KW  - Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers
KW  - Crime & mystery fiction
KW  - Classic crime fiction
KW  - Fiction companions
KW  - Literature: history & criticism
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - United Kingdom, Great Britain
KW  - Ireland
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - This title reveals the men, and women, behind some of the most infamous villains ever to disgrace the pages of fiction; This fascinating volume reveals the real men  and women  behind some of the most infamous London villains ever to appear in fiction. Fagin, Professor Moriarty, Moll Cutpurse and the notorious 'cracksman' A.J. Raffles were all rooted in the lives and deaths of a litany of real-life criminals, agitators and activists. With a special emphasis on the city that spawned them, this book brings together their stories for the first time, and shows how they were woven into fiction by some of Britains greatest writers, including Charles Dickens and Arthur Conan Doyle. Containing prison escapes, sensational trials, daring art thefts, vicious attacks, roaring boys, black magicians and private detectives, Masters of Crime explores both the real underworld of British crime history, and its fictional counter-parts. It will delight fans of true crime and crime fiction alike
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