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The invention of murder : how the Victorians revelled in death and detection and created modern crime /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Flanders, Judith
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : HarperPress, 2011.
Subjects:	Murder > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

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