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02216aam a2200313 i 4500 001 9888D2DCF17F11EE82DF7F7D41ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240403010045 008 230202t20232023enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 019879505X 020 $a 9780198795056 035 $a (OCoLC)1365363458 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d YDX $d CDX $d OCLCO $d MNN $d XII $d MFS $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a HV6632 C63 2023 100 1 $a Cockayne, Emily, $d 1973- $e author. 245 10 $a Penning poison : $b a history of anonymous letters / $c Emily Cockayne. 264 1 $a Oxford ; $b Oxford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xiv, 299 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: Dear Madam -- 1. Gossip: Major Eliot's maiden sisters -- 2. Tip-offs: Undermined coalmasters in Staffordshire -- 3. Threats: Lord Dorington's in danger -- 4. Obscenity: Peer's perversion uncovered -- 5. Libels: 'er at number 14 is dirty -- 6. Detectives say -- 7. Media: Herbert Austin robs men's brains -- 8. Local stories: And Winifred Simner sows discontent -- Conclusion: unsigned. 520 $a "Receiving an unexpected and unsigned note is a disconcerting experience. In Penning Poison, Emily Cockayne traces the stories of such letters to all corners of English society over the period 1760-1939. She uncovers scandal, deception, class enmity, personal tragedy, and great loneliness. Some messages were accusatory, some libellous, others bizarre. Technology, new postal networks, forensic techniques, and the emergence of professional police all influence the phenomenon of poison letter campaigns. This book puts the letters back into their local and psychology context, extending the work of detectives, to discover who may have written them and why." -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Anonymous letters. 650 0 $a Hate mail $z Great Britain $x History. 650 0 $a Letter writing $z Great Britain $x History. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013014.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9888D2DCF17F11EE82DF7F7D41ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search