Masters of crime : fiction's finest villains and their real life inspirations
Nightingale, Adam2011
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This reveals the real men - and women - behind some of the most infamous villains ever to appear in fiction. Fagin, Professor Moriarty, Moll Cut-Purse and A. J. Raffles - all were rooted in the lives & deaths of real-life criminals, agitators & activists
Main title:
Masters of crime : fiction's finest villains and their real life inspirations / by Adam Nightingale
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : History Press, 2011.
Collation:
101 pages : illustrations.
Contents:
Pt. One. The building blocks of master villainy: The great fued -- The great fued, in print -- Pt. Two. Sundry master villains & one villainess: A notorious baggage -- Two 'spectable old gentlemen -- The man who killed Sherlock Holmes -- Little Adam & the eye -- Feasting with Panthers -- The wickedest man in the world
ISBN:
9780752454184 (hardback)
Dewey class:
808.3 MAS808.3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
68852
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 808.3 MAS | Available |