A Very British Murder

This is the story of a national obsession.Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives who still enthrall us today. A Very British Murder is Lucy Worsley's captivating account of this curious national obsession. It is a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Worsley, Worsley Lucy
• Publisher: BBC Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781849906517
• ISBN: 978-1-84990-651-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Series: BBC BOOKS; BBC Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; Crime & mystery, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social and cultural history, Crime and mystery fiction