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

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

Claire Harman

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced

272 pages | first published 2018

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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...
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