A Very British Murder The Story of a National Obsession

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English | 2014 | pages: 320 | ISBN: 1849906513 | EPUB | 5,9 mb
From Jack the Ripper to the cosy crimes of the Golden Age, renowned historian Lucy Worsley explores the evolution of the typical British murder.

A Very British Murder is Lucy Worsley’s enthralling exploration of a curious national obsession. Our fascination with ‘a good murder’ – from the Ratcliffe Highway Murders at the turn of the nineteenth century to Edith Thompson and Freddie Bywaters, hanged in 1922 for the murder of Edith’s husband – became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. This riveting investigation shows how during the birth of modern Britain murder entered our national psyche – and has been a part of us ever since.