CRIMES OF PASSION Unknown - 2001

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Prospero Books, 2007. Trade Paperback. As New. Like New - May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. - The Very Term "Crimes Of Passion" Evokes Deep-Seated, Atavistic Responses In Everyone's Heart. These Are The Crimes That Are Born In The Emotional Core Of Women And Men Who Are Pushed To Do The Unthinkable. There Are Never - Well, Hardly Ever - Any Of The Crass Considerations Of Financial Gain, No Taint Of Reward; Only Release. These Crimes Are Direct Responses To Betrayal, To Broken Hearts And Injured Pride. Jealousy, Envy And The Rest Of The Seven Deadly Sins Enter Through This Door, And, Like As Not, End On The Scaffold - Except In France, However, Where Le Crime Passionnel Has Most Often Been Treated As An Irrational Response To The Sudden Betrayal Of A Loved And Trusted Partner, But Rarely Treated In The Courts As Common Murder. Celebrated Crime Archivist And Writer Howard Engel Leads Us On… Leer más

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Prospero Books. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. Name Inside Front Cover "Robin Leech". May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ The Very Term "Crimes Of Passion" Evokes Deep-Seated, Atavistic Responses In Everyone's Heart. These Are The Crimes That Are Born In The Emotional Core Of Women And Men Who Are Pushed To Do The Unthinkable. There Are Never - Well, Hardly Ever - Any Of The Crass Considerations Of Financial Gain, No Taint Of Reward; Only Release. These Crimes Are Direct Responses To Betrayal, To Broken Hearts And Injured Pride. Jealousy, Envy And The Rest Of The Seven Deadly Sins Enter Through This Door, And, Like As Not, End On The Scaffold - Except In France, However, Where Le Crime Passionnel Has Most Often Been Treated As An Irrational Response To The Sudden Betrayal Of A Loved And Trusted Partner, But Rarely Treated In The Courts As Common Murder. Celebrated Crime… Leer más

Prospero Books, 2007. Trade paperback. Very Good +. No markings or inscriptions. Text clean. Binding tight and square. Spine uncreased.

Toronto: Prospero Books, 2007. First edition. paperback. very good/no dustjacket. 8vo. pp.271

Tight and unmarked- " The very term "crimes of passion" evokes deep-seated, atavistic responses in everyone's heart. These are the crimes that are born in the emotional core of women and men who are pushed to do the unthinkable. There are never - well, hardly ever - any of the crass considerations of financial gain, no taint of reward; only release. These crimes are direct responses to betrayal, broken hearts, and injured pride. Jealousy, envy, and the rest of the seven deadly sins enter through this door, and, like as not, end on the scaffold - except in France, however, where le crime passionnel has most often been treated as an irrational response to the sudden betrayal of a loved and trusted partner, but rarely treated in the courts as common murder. Celebrated crime archivist and writer Howard Engel lead us on a journey through the murky passages of bewildering betrayal and rage too passionate for the subtle legal mind. He explores such infamous cases as Maria Manning, Edith Thompson, Ruth Ellis,… Leer más