The Murder of Mr. Grebell: Madness and Civility in an English Town by Paul Kleber Monod

The Murder of Mr. Grebell: Madness and Civility in an English Town

Paul Kleber Monod

306 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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On a winter night in 1743, a local magistrate was stabbed to death in the churchyard of Rye by an angry butcher. Why did this gruesome crime happen? What does it reveal about the political, economic, and cultural patterns that existed in this smal...

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