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Great and Horrible News Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

Paperback • 2024 • English • 1. edition

Great and Horrible News Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

By Blessin Adams

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About the book

'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings which promised not only gore, but desperate confessions and the grandest, most righteous human drama. Bookshops saw grisly stories of crime and death sell like hot cakes. This history unfolds the true stories of murder, criminal investigatio...Show more

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ISBN

9780008500269

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Published year

2024

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Great and Horrible News Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

Format

Paperback

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