![]() Several of the key literary figures of the day, including Dickens and Thackeray, were drawn into the controversy, and when Lord William's murderer claimed to having been inspired by the season's most sensational novel, it seemed that a great deal more was on trial than anyone could have guessed.īringing together much previously unpublished material from a wide range of sources, Claire Harman reveals the story of the notorious Russell murder case and its fascinating connections with the writers and literary culture of the day. The whole of London, from monarch to street urchins, was gripped by the gory details of the Russell murder, but behind it was another story, a work of fiction, and a fierce debate about censorship and morality. Her elderly master, Lord William Russell, was lying in bed with his throat cut so deeply that the head was almost severed. Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Murder by the Book by Claire Harman, read by Andy Secombe.Įarly in the morning of, on an ultra-respectable Mayfair street, a footman answered the door to a panic-stricken maid from a nearby house. ![]()
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