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A scholar of the highest reputation in a quiet town is arrested for a murder committed fourteen years before, and the case against him is built out of his own past. Bulwer-Lytton took the outline from a real trial of 1759 and made the murderer a philosopher, which scandalised readers who wanted their criminals stupid. The examination scene is the ancestor of every courtroom novel in English. Fifty-six plates, from Rembrandt to John Atkinson Grimshaw, follow the story in portraits of scholars, old men and northern streets, the world that surrounds a quiet man accused.
A scholar of the highest reputation in a quiet town is arrested for a murder committed fourteen years before, and the case against him is built out of his own past. Bulwer-Lytton took the outline from a real trial of 1759 and made the murderer a philosopher, which scandalised readers who wanted t...
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, playwright and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies and later Baron Lytton. Enormously popular in his day, he coined several phrases that outlived his reputation. His works include Pelham, The Last Days of Pompeii, Ernest Maltravers, and The Coming Race.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, playwright and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies and later Baron Lytton. Enormously popular in his day, he coined several phrases that outlived his reputation. His works include Pelham, The Last Days of Pompeii, Ernest Maltra...
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