Crippen - A Crime Sensation in Memory and Modernity

How did the case of the 'mild mannered murderer', Hawley Harvey Crippen, come to have such an enduring cultural resonance?

List of contents

Accounting for Crippen
The Backdrop
The Road to Hilldrop Crescent
'Only a Little Scandal': An Outline of the Crippen Case
The Making of Classic Crippen
Crippen Rewritten
Goodbye Hilldrop Crescent

About the author

Roger Dalrymple

Summary

How did the case of the 'mild mannered murderer', Hawley Harvey Crippen, come to have such an enduring cultural resonance?

Product details

• Authors: Roger Dalrymple
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781783275083
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-508-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, History - General History