Reporting murder: Fiction in the archives in early modern England

Social History

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-

  Gaskill, Malcolm ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011173164     PISSN: 03071022     EISSN: 14701200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071029808568018     Document Type: Note

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