Sentimental Murder
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Sentimental Murder by John Brewer
On an April evening in 1779, a woman is shot on the steps of Covent Garden. Her murderer is a young soldier and Church of England minister; her lover, the Earl of Sandwich, one of the most powerful politicians of the day. This compelling account of murder, love and intrigue brings Georgian London to life in a spellbinding historical masterpiece.‘Richly conceived and stylishly accomplished…potent and rewarding’ Independent on Sunday
John Brewer is Eli and Edye Broad Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology in Los Angeles. His previous book, The Pleasures of the Imagination, a widely acclaimed history of the emergence of culture in Britain during the eighteenth century, won the Wolfson Prize in 1998. The Sinews of Power, brought about a radical rethinking of the relationship between finance and the English state in the eighteenth century. He is the author of many other books. He is married to Stella Tillyard lives in Oxford and Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780006552000 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006552005 |
| Title | Sentimental Murder |
| Author | John Brewer |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2005-01-03 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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