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The Oxford Book of Villains

av John Mortimer

Inbunden bok. Oxford University Press. First edition uppl. 1992. 431 sidor.

Mycket gott skick. Skyddsomslag i mycket gott skick. The Oxford book of Villains
John Mortimer (Editor)

Observera att denna bok är på engelska. Please note that this book is in English.

The book is a hardcover with dust jacket. It is in very good condition. Dark blue boards with gold gilt lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dust jacket £16.95 net. 431pp. The dust jacket has slight wear to edges and the book edges have a few spots.

Published by Oxford University Press in 1992.
First edition
ISBN 0192141953

Villains have been celebrated in song and drama, poem and fiction since the Bible first recorded the exploits of Adam's descendants. John Mortimer is ideally placed, as an author and QC, to compile an anthology of the most infamous representatives, real and imagined, of the criminal world. Whether or not the Devil has all the best tunes, Milton's Satan has some very good lines, good enough, according to Marlowe and Goethe, to persuade a man to sell his soul. Not all villains are as anguished as Faust, however; Sherlock Holmes's arch-enemy Moriarty suffers no qualms of conscience in his determination to destroy the sleuth, and Iago, to name but one of Shakespeare's villains, shows no remorse against Othello. The reputation of some real-life villains is so great that they too have acquired legendary status: Dr Crippen, Lizzie Borden, and Al Capone are among the murderers remembered here. Criminality takes many forms, from pickpocket and highwayman to pirate and con man. Here Jonathan Wild rubs shoulders with Mac the Knife, Captain Kidd with Captain Hook. Casanova, Don Juan, and Richardson's Lovelace have all mastered the pitiless art of seduction, while other villains betray their countries. Tyranny shows itself a brutal regime in the hands of Caligula and Nero, and more subtly oppressive within the family and schoolroom. Attractive scoundrels and incompetent rogues, calculating murderers and unscrupulous swindlers pack these pages with a richness and variety that will by turns delight, surprise, and chill the reader.

Format: 24x16x3,5 cm, 431 pages.