Murder by the Book The Crime That Shocked Dickens's London

Claire Harman, Andy Secombe

eAudio - 2019

"Enthralling . . . A page-turner that can hold its own with any one of the many murder-minded podcasts out there."—JezebelFrom the acclaimed biographer—the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London, leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and Queen Victoria herself to wonder: Can a novel kill?In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut. The brutal murder had the whole city talking. The police suspected Russell's valet, Courvoisier, but the evidence was weak. The missing clue, it turned out, lay in the unlikeliest place: what Courvoisier had been reading. In the years just before the murder, new printing... methods had made books cheap and abundant, the novel form was on the rise, and suddenly everyone was reading. The best-selling titles were the most sensational true-crime stories. Even Dickens and Thackeray, both at the beginning of their...

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Books on Tape
Language
English
Main Authors
Claire Harman, Andy Secombe
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Format
MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size223 GB
Parts10
ISBN9781984840127
Release Date3/26/2019
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size223 GB
ISBN9781984840127
Release Date3/26/2019