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

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime informative mysterious slow-paced

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From 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 ...

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