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The Art Of The English Murder: From Jack The Ripper And Sherlock Holmes To Agatha Christie And Alfred Hitchcock (2014)

by Lucy Worsley(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1605986348 (ISBN13: 9781605986340)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Pegasus Books

review 1: This is a great book to follow on the heels of "The Crimes of Paris," because the role of the criminal is venerated in a completely different way when comparing the English culture to the French. I've read about some of the famous crimes outlined in the early book, but I was most intrigued about the crime and detection writers, who were mostly female, between the World Wars. This book is a must for the fan of true crime and detection writing.
review 2: This is a very interesting book. It tells the story of the fascination that the English (and other countries as well) relish a good murder story. The book tells of several murders that I had never heard of but were sensational in their time. It reveals that the beginnings of the modern detective and murder mys... moreteries of today got their beginnings in the "broadsheets" that were sold for a penny to the people of the 1800's. The broadsheets were early and cheap versions of tabloid press that gave all the facts (real and not so real) about the murder, the victim and the killer. The book covers the starts of the mystery genre and how real facts are sometimes used as the base for these stories. I highly recommend this book. less

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