The Art of the English Murder

The Art of the English Murder
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9781605987194
ISBN-13 : 1605987190
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Book Synopsis The Art of the English Murder by : Lucy Worsley

Download or read book The Art of the English Murder written by Lucy Worsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche, and it’s been a part of us ever since.The Art of the English Murder is a unique exploration of the art of crime—and a riveting investigation into the English criminal soul by one of our finest historians.

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