The Suspicions of Mr Whicher - Kate Summerscale
A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
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KORTE INHOUD
The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction.
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land.
At the time, the detective was a relatively new invention; there were only eight detectives in all of England and rarely were they ...
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land.
At the time, the detective was a relatively new invention; there were only eight detectives in all of England and rarely were they ...
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2008 1x BEKROOND Uitgever: Walker & Company 384 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0802715354 ISBN-13: 9780802715357Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original black boards, dust jacket, plan on endpapers, numerous illustrations (including photographs) partly in colour, 8vo. [Auteur: Summerscale, Kate] [Pagina's: 360] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York : Walker & Company] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: The Suspicions ...
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2008, hardcover with dust jacket, good copy The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction.
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The cri...
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The cri...