Описание: Nineteenth-century Britain was then the world's most prosperous nation, yet Victorians would bury meat in earth and wring sheets out in boiling water with their bare hands. Such drudgery was routine for the parents of people still living, but the knowledge of it has passed as if it had never been. Following the daily life of a middle-class Victorian house from room to room; from childbirth in the master bedroom through the kitchen, scullery, dining room, and parlor, all the way to the sickroom; Judith Flanders draws on diaries, advice books, and other sources to resurrect an age so close in time yet so alien to our own.
Автор: Flanders Judith Название: The Invention of Murder ISBN: 1250048532 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250048530 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink Цена: 2023.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Wonderful... Flanders] shines in her readings of literary novels containing criminal and detective elements, such as Oliver Twist, Mary Barton and Tess of the D'Urbervilles, but can be sharp and very funny about the vagaries of melodramatic and sensational plotting." -Wall Street Journal
In this fascinating exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders examines some of the most gripping cases that captivated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction
Murder in Britain in the nineteenth century was rare. But murder as sensation and entertainment became ubiquitous, transformed into novels, into broadsides and ballads, into theatre and melodrama and opera--even into puppet shows and performing dog-acts. Detective fiction and England's new police force developed in parallel, each imitating the other--the pioneers of Scotland Yard gave rise to Dickens's Inspector Bucket, the first fictional police detective, who in turn influenced Sherlock Holmes and, ultimately, even P.D. James and Patricia Cornwell.
In this fascinating book, Judith Flanders retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder--both famous and obscure--from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End; Burke and Hare and their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; and Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fianc e around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know, The Invention of Murder is both a gripping tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
Автор: Morris Captain Roger Название: With the Guards in Flanders ISBN: 1911628151 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911628156 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A diary of a young British officer during the campaigns of the Duke of York against the French between 1793 and 1795.
Автор: Flanders Ralph Edward Название: Senator from Vermont ISBN: 1258409925 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258409920 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6612.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Flanders Judith Название: Invention of Murder ISBN: 0007248881 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007248889 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2640.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Judith Flanders Название: Christmas ISBN: 1250118344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250118349 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink Рейтинг: Цена: 2298.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.
Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has it? Thirty years after the first recorded Christmas, the Pope was already warning that too many people were spending the day, not in worship, but in partying and eating to excess. By 1616, the playwright Ben Jonson was nostalgically remembering Christmas in the old days, certain that it had been better then.
Other elements of Christmas are much newer - who would have thought gift-wrap is a novelty of the twentieth century? That the first holiday parade was neither at Macy's, nor even in the USA?
Some things, however, never change. The first known gag holiday gift book, The Boghouse Miscellany, was advertised in the 1760s 'for gay Gallants, and good companions', while in 1805, the leaders of the Lewis and Clark expedition exchanged - what else? - presents of underwear and socks.
Christmas is all things to all people: a religious festival, a family celebration, a period of eating and drinking. In Christmas: A Biography, bestselling author and acclaimed social historian Judith Flanders casts a sharp eye on myths, legends and history, deftly moving from the origins of the holiday in the Roman empire, through Christmas trees in central Europe, to what might be the first appearance of Santa Claus - in Switzerland - to draw a picture of the season as it has never been seen before.
Автор: Judith Flanders Название: Christmas: A Biography ISBN: 1509833609 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509833603 Издательство: Pan Macmillan Рейтинг: Цена: 1731.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The acclaimed author of The Victorian House and The Victorian City tells the story of the celebration of Christmas, from mummers` plays to the invention of Sellotape, revealing much fascinating new information and shattering many myths.
Автор: Daniel Defoe Название: Moll Flanders ISBN: 0007368569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007368563 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 395.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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