{"product_id":"classic-crimes-william-roughead-9780940322462","title":"Classic Crimes","description":"Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead \"the best showman who ever stood before the door of the chamber of horrors,\" and his true crime stories, written in the early 1900s, are among the glories of the genre. Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair, Roughead brings to life some of the most notorious crimes and extraordinary trials of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England and Scotland. Utterly engrossing, these accounts of pre-meditated mayhem and miscarried justice also cast a powerful light on the evil that human beings, and human institutions, find both tempting to contemplate and all too easy to do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Roughead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0940322463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780940322462\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.00w x 1.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 118","brand":"William Roughead","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947486839039,"sku":"9780940322462","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6848cb06-bdfa-4f1d-8771-7ec381b4224d.jpg?v=1681519022","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/classic-crimes-william-roughead-9780940322462","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}