by Judith Flanders
Book: The Invention of Murder Author: Judith Flanders Genre: Nonfiction/Mystery/History of Murder/Victorian England Summary: Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, b...
Book: The Invention of Murder Author: Judith Flanders Genre: Nonfiction/Mystery/History of Murder/Victorian England Summary: Murder in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, with cold-blooded killings transformed into novels, broadsides, b...
The title "The Invention of Murder" is a little exaggerated - Judith Flanders isn't arguing that there were no murders before the 19th century, or anything like that. Instead, she relates (in a great deal of detail) how obsessed the average inhabitant of Victorian Britain was with murders safely re...
This is one of those books that you read that gives you lists of more books to read. Flanders’ book is an analysis of how Victorian Society viewed murdered, as mostly seen in the literature (both high and low) of the time as well as in the media. She traces not only the rimes but t...
Very dry. I tried to read the first 30 pages and got bored. I tried to skim the next 50 pages and got even more bored. I was excited to read this book but it was big let-down. Other books that are similar (but better) are The Beautiful Cigar Girl by Daniel Stashower, and The Suspicions of Mr. Wh...
Read this Salon piece on the same day that someone from my book club mentioned she's reading The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder. I guess "Invention of Murder" is a pretty snappy little phrase. Anyway...I like the actual theme of this one better, I thi...
goodreads giveaway! WHAT A COVER, RIGHT?! So, clearly this is a subject based book. Like Roach it explores some of the more darker, unique, and weird (not as much as Roach though) parts of society/history/life... etc. Unlike roach though this one takes a more serious tone. There is not many la...
Interesting book about the way Victorians looked at murder and executions as entertainmentand the development of detection and scientific rigor in police work.
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