Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime [Audiobook] download free by Claire Harman
- Listen audiobook: Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime
- Author: Claire Harman
- Release date: 2018/4/21
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Crime and Thriller
- ISBN: 9780241315224
- Rating: 8.45 of 10
- Votes: 716
- Review by: Porter Cowart
- Review rating: 7.44 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/28
- Duration: 2H48M44S in 256 kbps (44.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-06
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, AAC, MP3, FLAC, WMA, MPEG4, AIFF (compression RAR, ZIP, TGZ, TAR.GZ, EML, CBR)
- Total pages original book: 224
- Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 14M52S (4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: One of the Guardian's '50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2018' Early in the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, a footman answered the door to a panic-stricken maid from a nearby house. Her elderly master, Lord William Russell, was lying in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed. The whole of London, from monarch to street urchins, was gripped by the gory details of the Russell murder, but behind it was another story, a work of fiction, and a fierce debate about censorship and morality. Several of the key literary figures of the day, including Dickens and Thackeray, were drawn into the controversy, and when Lord William's murderer claimed to having been inspired by the season's most sensational novel, it seemed that a great deal more was on trial than anyone could have guessed.Bringing together much previously unpublished material from a wide range of sources, Claire Harman reveals the story of the notorious Russell murder case and its fascinating connections with the writers and literary culture of the day. Gripping and eye-opening, Murder by the Book is the untold true story of a surprisingly literary crime.'This beautifully produced and impressively researched historical account of a celebrated Victorian murder with a literary twist reads like a thriller. I devoured it in one sitting, and was at once enthralled and chilled. Highly recommended!' Alison Weir'A fascinating portrait of Victorian London' Observer'A brilliant piece of literary detective work' Evening Standard
- Other categories, genre or collection: British & Irish History, True Crime Biographies, True Crime Books, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Violence In Society
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- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 18.02 USD
- Dimensions: 138x204x22mm
- Weight: 290g
- Printed by: VIKING
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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