Bibliograph

The life of crime, detecting the history of mysteries and their creators, Martin Edwards

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The life of crime, detecting the history of mysteries and their creators, Martin Edwards

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The life of crime

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Martin Edwards

Sub title

detecting the history of mysteries and their creators

Summary

In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the History of Mysteries and their Creators traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction. "The Life of Crime is the result of a lifetime of reading and enjoying all types of crime fiction, old and new, from around the world. In what will surely be regarded as his magnum opus, Martin Edwards has thrown himself undaunted into the breadth and complexity of the genre to write an authoritative?and readable?study of its development and evolution. With crime fiction being read more widely than ever around the world, and with individual authors increasingly the subject of extensive academic study, his expert distillation of more than two centuries of extraordinary books and authors?from the tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann to the novels of Patricia Cornwell?into one coherent history is an extraordinary feat and makes for compelling reading.", --Dust jacket

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