Debauched, Desperate, Deranged
Author | : Carolyn A. Conley |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2020-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0198863039 |
This book examines the over 1400 trials of women accused of homicide in London from 1674-1913, using trial records as well as newspaper, pamphlets and other media to analyse the changing image of the female killer.
Turned to Account
Author | : Lincoln B. Faller |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1987-09-25 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521326728 |
Turned to Account is a study that focuses on the popular genre of criminal biography, examining how it played upon and reflected English society's fears and interest in aberrant behaviour. Faller examines ways in which ordinary Englishmen read, wrote and presumably thought on the subject of criminal actions and character.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author | : British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : English imprints |
ISBN | : |
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Catalogs, Union |
ISBN | : |