The Littlehampton libels : a miscarriage of justice and a mystery about words in 1920s England /
Littlehampton in the 1920s was menaced by a bizarre poison-pen case, which required the attention of a leading Metropolitan Police detective, and resulted in four criminal trials before the real culprit was finally punished. The Littlehampton Libels untangles this mystery story, exploring the inner...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Littlehampton in the 1920s was menaced by a bizarre poison-pen case, which required the attention of a leading Metropolitan Police detective, and resulted in four criminal trials before the real culprit was finally punished. The Littlehampton Libels untangles this mystery story, exploring the inner lives of an English working-class community. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, 1 map, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191839849 0191839841 9780192520258 0192520253 9780192520265 0192520261 |