{"product_id":"death-and-the-victorians-adrian-mackinder-9781399082556","title":"Death and the Victorians: A Dark Fascination","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining and accessible romp through Victorian culture that reveals the fascinating and gruesome ways the Victorians revered, feared and exploited death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom spooky stories and real-life ghost hunting, to shows about murder and serial killers, we are fascinated by death - and we owe these modern obsessions to the Victorian age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath and the Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e explores a period in history when the search for the truth about what lies beyond our mortal realm was matched only by the imagination and invention used to find it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalk among London's festering graveyards, where the dead were literally rising from the grave. Visit the Paris Morgue, where thousands flocked to view the spectacle of death every single day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLift the veil on how spirits were invited into the home, secret societies taught ways to survive death, and the latest science and technology was applied to provide proof of the afterlife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFind out why the Victorian era is considered the golden age of the ghost story, exemplified by tales from the likes of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde and Henry James.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover how the birth of the popular press nurtured our taste for murder and that Jack the Ripper was actually a work of pure Gothic horror fiction crafted by cynical Victorian newspapermen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath and the Victorians\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the darker side of the nineteenth century, a time when the living were inventing incredible ways to connect with the dead that endure to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian Mackinder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399082558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399082556\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen and Sword History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Adrian Mackinder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44716266979583,"sku":"9781399082556","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_05e46bc5-60d4-4b06-bb98-81debaaf2dc3.jpg?v=1705681631","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-and-the-victorians-adrian-mackinder-9781399082556","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}