Penning Poison. A history of anonymous letters, Hardback/***

This book is about anonymity, emotion, and detection. Gathering surviving anonymous letters penned in England between 1760-1939 together, it identifies possible authors and explores the impact they had on individuals and communities, charting how developments in postal services, detection, and the media influenced writers and their targets. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Dr Emily (Associate Professor in Early Modern History, Associate Professor in Early Modern History, University of East Anglia) Cockayne Illustration(s): 35 half tones Number of pages: 320 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 222 x 143 x 30 Cover type: Hardback