A Very British Murder

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<p>This is the story of a national obsession.</p><p>Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives who still enthrall us today.<i>A Very British Murder</i>is Lucy Worsley's captivating account of this curious national obsession. It is a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.</p>

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Dr Lucy Worsley is a historian and Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces, where she looks after the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace among others. She has presented numerous television series, including<i>Harlots, Housewives and Heroines</i>for BBC4 and<i>If Walls Could Talk</i>for BBC1, for which she also wrote an accompanying book. Lucy has also written numerous other books, including<i>Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses</i>.

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