The Invention of Murder
- Author Judith Flanders
- Narrator Judith Flanders
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 6 January 2011
- Run Time 18 hours and 15 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre History of medicine, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Popular culture, Social and cultural history, Sociology: death and dying, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Victimology and victims of crime, Violence and abuse in society, Violent crimes.
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What to expect
A deeply engaging and completely original book about nineteenth-century Britain’s fascination with good quality murder.
Murder in nineteenth-century Britain was ubiquitous – not necessarily in quantity but in quality. This was the era of penny-bloods, early crime fiction and melodramas for the masses. This was a time when murder and entertainment were firmly entwined.
In this meticulously researched and compelling book, Judith Flanders, author of Consuming Passions, takes us back in time to explore some of the most gripping, gruesome and mind-boggling murders of the nineteenth-century. Covering the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper, as well as the lesser known but equally shocking acts of Burke and Hare, and Thurtell and Hunt, Flanders looks at how murder was regarded by the wider British population – and how it became a form of popular entertainment.
Filled to the brim with rich source material – ranging from studies of plays, novels and contemporary newspaper articles, A Social History of Murder brings to life a neglected dimension of British social history in a completely new and exciting way.
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| Author | Judith Flanders |
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| Narrator | Judith Flanders |
| Duration | 18 hours and 15 minutes |
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| ISBN | 9780007416622 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Genre | History of medicine, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Popular culture, Social and cultural history, Sociology: death and dying, True crime: serial killers and murderers, Victimology and victims of crime, Violence and abuse in society, Violent crimes |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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