Results for "Murphy, Paul Thomas"

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice The untold story of the artistic battle between James Abbot MacNeill Whistler and John Ruskin over Whistler’s controversial, ground-breaking Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket.In November 1878, America’s greatest painter sued England’s greate... Read More about Falling Rocket: James Whistler, John Ruskin, and the Battle for Modern Art

On April 26th, 1871, a police constable walking one of London’s remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling in the muddy road. She stretched out her hand to him, collapsed in the mud, muttered, “Let me die,” and slipped into a coma. Five days later, she died, her identity still un... Read More about Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane

A vivid investigation into the unsolved murder case that shocked Victorian England, by the author of the New York Times Notable Book Shooting Victoria. On April 26th, 1871, a police constable walking one of London’s remotest beats stumbled upon a brutalized young woman kneeling in the muddy road, he... Read More about Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane: A True Story of Victorian Law and Disorder: The Unsolved Murder that Shocked Victorian England

A history of Victorian England as seen through the eight assassination attempts on the queen's life, ranging from attacks by lone madmen to one of the first modern terrorist plots. A New York Times Notable Book of 2012  Shooting Victoria is historical narrative at its most thrilling, from ... Read More about Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy

From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria while she ruled the British empire. During Queen Victoria's 64 years on the British throne, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. M... Read More about Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy