Murder by the Book: A Sensational Chapter in Victorian Crime
Autor Claire Harmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 sep 2019
'A fascinating portrait of Victorian London' Observer
'I devoured it in one sitting' Alison Weir
'Excellent' Dan Snow
Early on the morning of 6 May 1840, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, the elderly Lord William Russell was discovered in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed.
When Lord William's assassin claimed to having been inspired by a recent sensational novel, it sent shock waves through literary London, and drew both Dickens and Thackeray into the fray. The crime, the investigation, the city's fevered fixation and the mores of the Victorian age are all brilliantly evoked and scrutinized in Claire Harman's spellbinding account of a surprisingly literary crime.
'A scandalous Victorian mystery' Guardian
'Fascinating, entertaining. Harman's tale is never less than rip-roaring' Daily Telegraph
'Vivid and punchy' Spectator
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241346945
ISBN-10: 0241346940
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241346940
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Claire
Harman
is
the
award-winning
biographer
ofSylvia
Townsend
Warner(1989),Fanny
Burney(2000)
andRobert
Louis
Stevenson(2005),
the
author
of
the
best-sellingJane's
Fame:
How
Jane
Austen
Conquered
the
World(2009)
and
ofCharlotte
Bronte:
A
Life(2015).
She
is
Professor
in
Creative
Writing
at
Durham
University
and
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Literature.
Recenzii
A
brilliant
piece
of
literary
detective
work
[A] scandalous Victorian mystery... Harman tells the story with clarity and vigour
Vivid and punchy
[Harman] is a storyteller, with a sense of pace and timing, relish for a good scene and a wry sense of humour
[A] riveting investigation into a transgression that scandalised the literati of Victorian London in 1840.An engrossing fireside festive treat
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!
A fascinating portrait of Victorian Londonamid the rising popularity of the novel
A riveting investigation into a true and vicious murder that shocked Victorian London
A fascinating account.... As Harman skilfully reveals, the real story behind the famous murder is the complex one about the harmful influence of fiction on the mind of the reader.
The book's heft lies in its rich detail...characters and settings are so vivid thatMurder By The Bookwill surely soon be snatched up by television producers seeking their next Victorian crime drama
Harman resists sensationalising the murder... Instead, she offers a long view of the circular relationship between crime and literature
There is enough ambiguity in the story of Russell's end to satisfy even the most ardent lovers of detective fiction, and Harman's enjoyment at piecing together the evidence is clear
Enthralling . . . A page-turner that can hold its own with any one of the many murder-minded podcasts out there
Its opening scene is the stuff that classic murder mysteries are made of . . .Ms. Harman is a tireless researcher and a droll stylist
Harman demonstrates a flair for distilling reams of research intoa succinct, lively narrative.The book is an exemplar of how to write taut, issue-driven historical nonfiction.With an appreciation for pithy quotations, telling details and amusing gossip, she's quick to spot a fascinating aside . . . As riveting as this true-crime story is, what elevatesMurder by the Bookabove sensationalism is its focus on how this case heightened concern over the malevolent influence of violent entertainment
An assiduously researched and superbly written bookthat ends with Harman examining unanswered questions, and reminding us that truth can be stranger than fiction
A fascinating, exhaustively researched exploration into how art can influence society and vice versa,Murder by the Bookturns an unflinching eye to the ways in which biases born of economic inequality affect the way crimes are investigated and prosecuted. It's a true crime devotee's delight
Harman effectively uses a novelist's approach to recreate a now obscure 1840 English murder case that was a sensation at the time . . . By exploring concerns about the glorification of criminals in the fiction of the day and addressing some lingering mysteries, such as whether Courvoisier had an accomplice, Harman adds depth toa fascinating true crime narrative.
An endlessly fascinating, bookish tale of true crime in Victorian England. . . Lovers of Drood, Sherlock, Jack the Ripper, and their kin real and fictional will relish the gruesome details of this entertaining book.
[A] scandalous Victorian mystery... Harman tells the story with clarity and vigour
Vivid and punchy
[Harman] is a storyteller, with a sense of pace and timing, relish for a good scene and a wry sense of humour
[A] riveting investigation into a transgression that scandalised the literati of Victorian London in 1840.An engrossing fireside festive treat
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!
A fascinating portrait of Victorian Londonamid the rising popularity of the novel
A riveting investigation into a true and vicious murder that shocked Victorian London
A fascinating account.... As Harman skilfully reveals, the real story behind the famous murder is the complex one about the harmful influence of fiction on the mind of the reader.
The book's heft lies in its rich detail...characters and settings are so vivid thatMurder By The Bookwill surely soon be snatched up by television producers seeking their next Victorian crime drama
Harman resists sensationalising the murder... Instead, she offers a long view of the circular relationship between crime and literature
There is enough ambiguity in the story of Russell's end to satisfy even the most ardent lovers of detective fiction, and Harman's enjoyment at piecing together the evidence is clear
Enthralling . . . A page-turner that can hold its own with any one of the many murder-minded podcasts out there
Its opening scene is the stuff that classic murder mysteries are made of . . .Ms. Harman is a tireless researcher and a droll stylist
Harman demonstrates a flair for distilling reams of research intoa succinct, lively narrative.The book is an exemplar of how to write taut, issue-driven historical nonfiction.With an appreciation for pithy quotations, telling details and amusing gossip, she's quick to spot a fascinating aside . . . As riveting as this true-crime story is, what elevatesMurder by the Bookabove sensationalism is its focus on how this case heightened concern over the malevolent influence of violent entertainment
An assiduously researched and superbly written bookthat ends with Harman examining unanswered questions, and reminding us that truth can be stranger than fiction
A fascinating, exhaustively researched exploration into how art can influence society and vice versa,Murder by the Bookturns an unflinching eye to the ways in which biases born of economic inequality affect the way crimes are investigated and prosecuted. It's a true crime devotee's delight
Harman effectively uses a novelist's approach to recreate a now obscure 1840 English murder case that was a sensation at the time . . . By exploring concerns about the glorification of criminals in the fiction of the day and addressing some lingering mysteries, such as whether Courvoisier had an accomplice, Harman adds depth toa fascinating true crime narrative.
An endlessly fascinating, bookish tale of true crime in Victorian England. . . Lovers of Drood, Sherlock, Jack the Ripper, and their kin real and fictional will relish the gruesome details of this entertaining book.