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ocn889165831 |
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OCoLC |
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20251028093348.0 |
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(Sirsi) i9780008105969 |
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YDXCP |
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eng |
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rda |
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YDXCP |
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908682665 |
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910568820 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780008105969 |
| Qualifying information |
(hardcover) |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0008105960 |
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(hardcover) |
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(OCoLC)889165831 |
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(OCoLC)908682665 |
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(OCoLC)910568820 |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
e-uk-en |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PR 830 .D4 |
| Item number |
E39 2015 |
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VF$A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Edwards, Martin, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1955- |
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author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The golden age of murder : |
| Remainder of title |
the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Martin Edwards. |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
HarperCollinsPublishers, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxiv, 481 pages : |
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illustrations ; |
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25 cm |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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txt |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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nc |
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rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes facsimile reproductions of the 1932 Constitution and Rules of the Detection Club (pages 441-447). |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-457) and indexes. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Part one: the unusual suspects. The ritual in the dark ; A bitter sin ; Conversations about a hanged woman ; A Bolshevik soul in a Fabian muzzle ; Wearing their criminological spurs ; The art of self-tormenting -- Part two: the rules of the game. Setting a good example to the Mafia ; The Fungus-story and the meaning of life ; Wistful plans for killing off wives ; The least likely person ; The best advertisement in the world -- Part three: looking to escape. "Human life's the cheapest thing there is" ; Echoes of war ; Murder, transvestism and suicide during a trapeze act ; A severed head in a fish-bag ; "Have you hear of sexual perversions?" ; Clearing up the mess ; What it means to be stuck for money ; Neglecting Demosthenes in favour of Freud -- Part four: taking on the police. Playing games with Scotland Yard ; Why was the shift put in the boiler-hole? ; Trent's very last case ; A coffin entombed in a crypt of granite -- Part five: justifying murder. Knives engraved with "Blood and honour" ; Touching with a fingertip the fringe of great events ; Collecting murderers ; No judge or jury but my own conscience -- Part six: the end game. Playing the grandest game in the world ; The work of a pestilential creature ; Frank to the point of indecency ; Shocked by the brethren -- Part seven: unravelling the mysteries. Murder goes on forever. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Detective and mystery stories, English |
| General subdivision |
History and criticism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Detective and mystery stories, English |
| Form subdivision |
Bio-bibliography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
English fiction |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
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Bio-bibliography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Novelists, English |
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Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Murder in literature. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Detection Club. |
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