Buy this book on-line JAMES, RUSSELL: : Great British Fictional DETECTIVES a - ZUK.BARNSLEY,SOUTH YORKSHIRE.REMEMBER WHEN/Pen & Sword Books Ltd.,2008. ISBN 1844680266.
UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Companion volume to Great British Fictional Villains.] FINE+/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj panels with grey+brown and white letters to front,rear panel with white lettered critics' reviews; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - a tiny,tiny snick/closed tear to rear.top corner tip - but no other nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without blemish; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 7-240pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Mark Billingham (a detective fiction writer),author's introduction,Exhibits One to Four chapters/sections,an A-Z of fictional British detective,a further 9 short sections,all illusrated with profuse b/w+colour illustrations/photographs etc.,and to the rear,acknowledgements mentioning the CWA (Crime Writers Association) and reference books consulted.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,and contents list/table.
The author investigates the crime-filled world of fictional detectives who are either British themselves or were created by a British author.His fascinating,fact-filled A-Z listing contains over 400 detectives from world-famous policemen like Morse to lesser-known investigators, including Montague Cork.
His beautifully written chapters on crime fiction include the history of the genre and factual crime investigation,the legacy of Sherlock Holmes and he Golden Age of crime fiction,as well as top sidekicks and popular TV and film detectives.Discover historical detectives,author's pseudonyms, forgotten stars and must-read authors in this arresting book by crime-writing expert and author,Russell James.
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