The Decree Absolute
The fascinating history of divorce in detective fiction.
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My guest was Dr Jen Aston, Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University. In addition to her other academic work, she's currently leading a project looking at approaches to the history of divorce. Learn more about that at northumbria.ac.uk/divorce_history.
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Books mentioned in this episode:
— "Murder!" by Arnold Bennett, collected in Resorting to Murder
— Jumping Jenny by Anthony Berkeley
— “The Case of the Discontented Husband” by Agatha Christie, collected in Parker Pyne Investigates
— Death in High Heels by Christianna Brand
— Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L Sayers
— The Documents in the Case by Dorothy L Sayers and Robert Eustace
— Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles
— Holy Deadlock by A.P. Herbert
— Love All by Dorothy L Sayers
— Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L Sayers
— "The Incredible Elopement" by Dorothy L Sayers, collected in Hangman's Holiday
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— The Lady Detective
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