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A review by git_r_read
The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley
4.0
I like mysteries and I like watching documentaries presented by Lucy Worsley, so adding this to my Audible library was a no-brainer for me. I am glad I found Lucy Worsley's documentaries on the history of the English monarchy. Informative and rather light-hearted and highly enjoyable.
This book was along the same lines, but not quite as light-hearted since it dealt with murder and mayhem as well as how detectives came into being. It definitely took a lot of far-seeing individuals and groups to see the need and implement actions to become the forces seen today.
This book is also about the history of the detective novel and how they came into being. Going into and out of favor of the reading public, types of detectives and the progression to movies and radio shows then television.
I was sad that the book wasn't narrated by the author, but the narrator was good. The book felt a bit meander-y to me but that could have been because I primarily listen to fiction rather than nonfiction and it took me a bit to get into some of the chapters. It's in my library on Audible, so I can listen again and revisit the perpetrators, the detectives, the authors, the stories and probably enjoy it more favorably.
I can recommend this book and definitely this author.
This book was along the same lines, but not quite as light-hearted since it dealt with murder and mayhem as well as how detectives came into being. It definitely took a lot of far-seeing individuals and groups to see the need and implement actions to become the forces seen today.
This book is also about the history of the detective novel and how they came into being. Going into and out of favor of the reading public, types of detectives and the progression to movies and radio shows then television.
I was sad that the book wasn't narrated by the author, but the narrator was good. The book felt a bit meander-y to me but that could have been because I primarily listen to fiction rather than nonfiction and it took me a bit to get into some of the chapters. It's in my library on Audible, so I can listen again and revisit the perpetrators, the detectives, the authors, the stories and probably enjoy it more favorably.
I can recommend this book and definitely this author.