Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Worsley, Lucy, author. Title: The art of the English murder / Lucy Worsley. Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Pegasus Crim, 2014. Description: 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color facsimiles, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm Subjects: Murder -- Great Britain -- Case studies. Murder -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History. National characteristics, British. Murder in mass media. Murder in literature. Murder in art. Murder -- Great Britain -- History. Crime in popular culture. Crime in literature. Detective and mystery stories -- History. Other Title: Very British murder Very British murder (Television program) Notes: "From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock"--Jacket. "As seen on the BBC as A very British murder"--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-306) and index. Contents: Part one. How to enjoy a murder. 1. A connoisseur in murder -- 2. The highway -- 3. The watchmen -- 4. The murder circuit -- 5. House of wax -- 6. True crime -- 7. Charles Dickens, crime writer -- 8. The ballads of Maria Marten -- 9. Stage fright -- 10. The Bermondsey Horror -- Part two. Enter the detective. 11. Middle-class murders and medical gentlemen -- 12. The good wife -- 13. Detective fever -- 14. A new sensation -- 15. "It is worse than a crime, Violet..." -- 16. Monsters and men -- 17. The adventure of the forensic scientist -- 18. Revelations of a lady detective -- Part three. The golden age. 19. The women between the wars -- 20. The duchess of death -- 21. A life less ordinary -- 22. The great game -- 23. Snobbery with violence -- 24. The dangerous edge of things -- Postscript: The decline of English murder. ISBN: 1605986348 9781605986340 9781605986340 : HRD 1605986348 : HRD Other Number: 870098467 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 447369 # Local items in: 3 # System items in: 3 Call Number: 364.1523 Worsley Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
