Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead "the best showman who ever
stood before the door of the chamber of horrors," and his true
crime stories, written in the early 1900s, are among the glories of
the genre. Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring
dramatic flair, Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious
crimes and extraordinary trials of eighteenth- and
nineteenth-century England and Scotland. Utterly engrossing, these
accounts of pre-meditated mayhem and miscarried justice also cast a
powerful light on the evil that human beings, and human
institutions, find both tempting to contemplate and all too easy to
do.
General
| Imprint: |
Nyrb Classics
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2000 |
| First published: |
August 2000 |
| Authors: |
William Roughead
|
| Dimensions: |
170 x 100 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
576 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-940322-46-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
|
| LSN: |
0-940322-46-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780940322462 |
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