Sentimental Murder: Love And Madness in the Eighteenth Century by John Brewer

Here is an enduring tale with 'a heady combination of sex, murder and celebrity stalking': in April 1779 a young soldier, James Hackman, murdered the Earl of Sandwich's mistress before attempting suicide. John Brewer investigates the facts of the case and examines the great variety of interpretations of them - prurient, moralizing, gothic, political and romantic - in the ensuing centuries. This 2005 HarperPerennial Paperback is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9780006552000 SKU: 1109306 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1109306
Location: Fiction