Deadly Encounters: Two Victorian Sensations

by Richard D. Altick

Book Overview

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 claim the young man's inheritance. The press covered both cases with thoroughness and enthusiasm, narrating events in a style worthy of a popular novelist,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081221756X
• ISBN13: 9780812217568
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"