Title: A very British murder : the story of a national obsession /
Authors: Worsley, Lucy,
Year: 2013
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.
Abstract: Murder - a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange, very British obsession. This book explores this phenomenon in forensic detail, revisiting notorious crimes like the Ratcliff Highway Murders, which caused a nation-wide panic in the early nineteenth century.
Contents: How to enjoy a murder -- Enter the detective -- The golden age.