Editorial: Oxford University Press
Número de páginas: 320 págs. 21.6 x 13.5 cm
Fecha de edición: 14-09-2023
EAN: 9780198795056
ISBN: 978-0-19-879505-6
Precio (sin IVA): 26,74 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 27,81 €
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.