Noted Murder Mysteries
This entertaining group of eight essays concerning great crimes of murder reveals the author's affinity, not only with the wellsprings of human passion, but also with the means of bringing them into lucid focus, using the slow unfolding of telling detail.Marie Belloc Lowndes made her name with murder. Her most famous book was a hugely successful novel, The Lodger, based upon the awful deeds of Jack the Ripper, which has been filmed many times. In this book she recounts eight terrible crimes which took place in France, Scotland, England, Algeria and Belgium, underscoring with clear journalistic ease cases of appalling passion, misplaced devoti…
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- ISBN: 978-0-648-59057-6
- EAN: 9780648590576
- Produktnummer: 32772103
- Verlag: Michael Walmer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.8 cm 429 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 429
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Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes (née Belloc;1868 - 1947) was a prolific English novelist. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a literary reputation for combining exciting incidents with psychological interest. Three of her works were adapted for the screen: The Lodger (1913 novel; numerous film adaptations), Letty Lynton (1931 novel; 1932 film adaptation) and The Story of Ivy (1927 novel; 1947 film adaptation). Additionally, The Lodger was adapted as a 1940 radio drama and 1960 opera.
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