Murder by the Book
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Murder by the Book by Claire Harman
Early on the morning of May 6, 1840, the elderly Lord William Russell was found in his London house with his throat so deeply cut that his head was nearly severed. The crime soon had everyone, including Queen Victoria, feverishly speculating about motives and methods. But when the prime suspect claimed to have been inspired by a sensational crime novel, it sent shock waves through literary London and drew both Dickens and Thackeray into the fray. Could a novel really lead someone to kill? In Murder by the Book, Claire Harman blends a riveting true-crime whodunit with a fascinating account of the rise of the popular novel and the early battle for its soul among the most famous writers of the day.Claire Harman is the author of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize-winning Sylvia Townsend Warner, the Whitbread Prize-nominated Fanny Burney, and the critically acclaimed Robert Louis Stevenson. Claire is a professor at the Universities of Manchester and Oxford in England, as well as Columbia University in New York City. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2006.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780525436157 |
| ISBN 10 | 0525436154 |
| Title | Murder by the Book |
| Author | Claire Harman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2020-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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