A Very British Murder

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Speaking of James Bond, let me clarify that although Worsley makes it sound as if James Bond came along in 1939, obviously she doesn't mean that because later in the book she refers to his first appearing in 1952 (except wasn't it 1953?). But, in any event, to what extent are Graham Greene and Ian Fleming the prime culprits in the alleged killing off of the classical English detective novel? Despite the occasional imbalance in the flow, I think this book is perfect for those obsessed with the history of British Crime. Some of the material is probably familiar for the aficionado, but it will still be fun to revisit it. For someone just now developing an interest in British Crime, this book could serve as a crash course and give you lots of material to research and may send you off on a few deep dives for more detailed information. LucyWorsleytouncoverreal-lifestoriesoftheBlitzinnewfilmforBBCOne". bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 1 January 2021. An excellent overview of how the consumption of crime became a dominant part of our cultural landscape The Sunday Times Siobhan Palmer (25 February 2015). "ClaudiaWinklemannominatedforRTSawardforhernewroleas Strictlypresenter". TheDailyTelegraph . Retrieved 17 March 2015.

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Wadsworth, Jo (13 July 2015). "TVhistoriangivenhonorarySussexUnidegree". Brighton and Hove News . Retrieved 20 July 2015. Worsley lives in Southwark [28] by the RiverThames in south London with her husband, architect Mark Hines, [1] whom she married in November 2011. [29] With reference to having children, Worsley once said she has been "educated out of normal reproductive function", [30] but she later said her statement had been "misinterpreted and sounded darker than I'd intended." [31]

a b c Woods, Judith (13 April 2011). "DrLucyWorsley:'I'mjustanhistorianwhowanderedintoTV' ". Daily Telegraph. Archived from theoriginal on 24 June 2012 . Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Old_pallet IA19364 Openlibrary_edition The Art of the English Murder by Lucy Worsley is written to accompany a BBC television series on which she is a presenter. Her research brought about a written version which provides a plethora of information regarding the British interest in the idea of murder. The fact that the British enjoyed and couldn’t get enough of murder is outlined and discussed by Worsley but not meant to be an encompassing book on crime itself. Several high interest and notorious crimes are highlighted throughout and the murderers lives described. Worsley pinpoints how crime was handled and the limitations of the investigators trying to solve the crimes. In 2005, she was elected a senior research fellow at the InstituteofHistoricalResearch, UniversityofLondon; she was also appointed visiting professor at KingstonUniversity in west London. [12] Television As she moves into the twentieth century, Worsley largely pulls away from true crime to concentrate on the fictional. She discusses the Golden Age authors in some depth, giving almost mini-biographies of some of them, particularly Dorothy L Sayers. She argues (as others have done) that the Golden Age puzzle with its fairly defined rules developed as a response to the horrors of WW1 and fed into a society that wanted something a bit cosier than the blood-curdling melodramas of the past. She discusses how class and gender were represented in these novels, but keeps the tone light – though it’s clearly well-researched, this book never reads like an academic study.

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As a television presenter, she is known for having a rhotacism, a minor speech impairment [1] which affects her pronunciation of "r". When she made the move from BBCFour to BBCTwo for the series Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History, she worked with a speechandlanguagetherapist to help with her pronunciation, but to no avail. [32] Worsley describes the fact that hangings and murders provided entertainment to the public, even so much so that the people bought trinkets as souvenirs. Continuing on with the entertainment theme, Worsley introduces sensational journalism, the theatre, Madame Tussaud’s wax museum, a puppet show, and detective fiction. In addition, she talks about the founding of the organized police force, detective work, ‘Penny Bloods’ (the precursor to crime fiction), poisonings, and forensic science. Worsley a, Lucy (2001). TheArchitecturalPatronageofWilliamCavendish,firstDukeofNewcastle,1593–1676 (D.Phil. thesis) . Retrieved 1 April 2013.

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The latest book by popular historian and British television presenter Lucy Worsley is A Very British Murder: The Story of a National Obsession (2013), which details, in about 80, 000 words, Britain's remarkable fascination with murder in fact and fiction since around 1800 into the mid-twentieth century. It is the companion volume to a 2013 three-part British television program. Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below.If you are interested in Crime, both as fiction and as reality, especially in how it affects the public psyche, then you will certainly find a lot to appreciate here. Published on September 11th, 2013 0 A Very British Murder: The Story of a National Obsession by Lucy Worsley James shares Symons' view that modern crime fiction is clearly superior to Golden Age detective fiction, though she is more favorable than Symons to the Crime Queens Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh (on the other hand, Symons is more favorable to Agatha Christie).