I didn't nominate this book, primarily because it's not available in North America as an ebook, but many might find it of interest:
A Very British Murder, The Story of a National Obsession, by renown English historian Lucy Worsley. It's been on my TBR for ages, and I think I'm going to just go ahead and move it up to the top of the list.
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This is the story of a national obsession.
Ever since the Ratcliffe Highway Murders caused a nation-wide panic in Regency England, the British have taken an almost ghoulish pleasure in 'a good murder'. This fascination helped create a whole new world of entertainment, inspiring novels, plays and films, puppet shows, paintings and true-crime journalism - as well as an army of fictional detectives who still enthrall us today. A Very British Murder is Lucy Worsley's captivating account of this curious national obsession. It is a tale of dark deeds and guilty pleasures, a riveting investigation into the British soul by one of our finest historians.
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