Crime At El Escorial: The 1892 Child Murder, the Press, and the Jury

By D.J. Walker

Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents. D.J. Walker discusses the role of Spain's intellectual elite in crystallizing dissatisfaction with the popular jury and the impact of journalists' fictionalized representations of the murder.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761863559
• ISBN13: 9780761863557
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"