{"product_id":"the-mummy-in-the-cupboard-murder-9781032853192","title":"The Mummy in the Cupboard Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the mid-twentieth century microhistorical example of the so-called âMummy in the Cupboard Murderâ, Lizzie Seal examines the significance of the Gothic to understandings of crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a case that hinged on forensic evidence, Sarah Jane Harvey, the owner of a boarding house in Rhyl, North Wales, was tried for the murder of Frances Knight whose naturally mummified corpse was discovered in a locked cupboard of the house in 1960. The book applies Gothic criminology to an empirical historical example, considers the interchange between fact and fiction, traces developments in mid twentieth-century forensic pathology, and contributes to historical criminology by extending this approachâs conceptual base.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mummy in the Cupboard Murder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is ideal for students and scholars of cultural criminology, crime and media, twentieth-century British history, and crime history, as well as those with an interest in the Gothic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733953143127,"sku":"9781032853192","price":39.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032853192.jpg?v=1782118155","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mummy-in-the-cupboard-murder-9781032853192","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}