Deadly Encounters : : Two Victorian Sensations / / Richard D. Altick.
In July 1861 London newspapers excitedly reported two violent crimes, both the stuff of sensational fiction. One involved a retired army major, his beautiful mistress and her illegitimate child, blackmail and murder. In the other, a French nobleman was accused of trying to kill his son in order to c...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2012] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | New Edition |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 17 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Chapter One. The Dawning Age of Sensation
- Chapter Two. Deadly Encounters
- Chapter Three. The Press Responds
- Chapter Four. From Fact to Fiction
- Chapter Five. The Novel Experience
- Bibliographical Note
- Index