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04045aam a22006494i 4500 001 2E6912B252B111E9B3ECE36E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 180811t20192018nyuabf e b 001 0deng c 010 $a 2018029773 020 $a 0525520392 020 $a 9780525520399 035 $a (OCoLC)1043215792 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ZVR $d JSE $d IDLEW $d WIM $d OCLCO $d OCO $d CLE $d IK2 $d UAP $d VP@ $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a HV6535.G6 $b L6366 2018 050 4 $a HV6535.G6 $b L6366 2019 082 00 $a 364.152/3092 $2 23 100 1 $a Harman, Claire, $e author. 245 10 $a Murder by the book : $b the crime that shocked Dickens's London / $c Claire Harman. 246 30 $a Crime that shocked Dickens's London 250 $a First American edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2019. 300 $a 252 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), map ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-242) and index. 500 $a "This is a Borzoi Book." 520 $a "From the prize-winning biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London, leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and Queen Victoria herself to wonder: can a novel kill? In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut. The brutal murder had the whole city talking. The police suspected Russell's valet, Courvoisier, but the evidence was weak. And the missing clue lay in the unlikeliest place: what Courvoisier had been reading. In the years just before the murder, new printing methods had made books cheap and abundant, the novel form was on the rise, and suddenly everyone was reading. The best-selling titles were the most sensational true-crime stories. Even Dickens and Thackeray, both at the beginning of their careers, fell under the spell of these tales--Dickens publicly admiring them, Thackeray rejecting them. One such phenomenon was William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard, the story of an unrepentant criminal who escaped the gallows time and again. When Courvoisier finally confessed his guilt, he would cite this novel in his defense. Murder By the Book combines the thrilling true-crime story with a illuminating account of the rise of the novel form and the battle for its early soul between the most famous writers of the time. It is a superbly researched, vividly written, fascinating read from first to last"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a A last walk -- The crime -- This nightmare of a book -- The play -- The investigation -- The trial -- In the Stone Jug -- The execution -- The aftermath -- Postscript : unanswered questions. 600 10 $a Courvoisier, François Benjamin, $d -1840 $x Trials, litigation, etc. 600 10 $a Russell, William, $c Lord, $d 1767-1840. 600 10 $a Ainsworth, William Harrison, $d 1805-1882. $t Jack Sheppard. 650 0 $a Murder $z London. $z London. 650 0 $a Murder in literature. 655 7 $a True crime stories. $2 lcgft 941 $a 19 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409032943.0 952 $l UGPF911 $d 20231207014755.0 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111011141.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014701.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010020731.0 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629015421.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909053612.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728021730.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061058.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015201.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318012504.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200103011450.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20191210012832.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20190824012528.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20190618015911.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190524011046.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190403010236.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20190402012217.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190330012032.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2E6912B252B111E9B3ECE36E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search