Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781789148589ISBN-10:1789148588UPC:9781789148589Book Category:Music, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Europe, CriminologyBook Topic:Folk & Traditional, Great BritainSize:8.35 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCBMNJB7SB
Who Killed Cock Robin?: British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment
Now in paperback, an entertaining and enlightening compendium at the intersection of two great British folk traditions: song and encounters with the law. At the heart of traditional songs rest the concerns of ordinary people. And folk throughout the centuries have found themselves entangled with the law: abiding by it, breaking it, and being caught and punished by it. Who Killed Cock Robin? is...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781789148589ISBN-10:1789148588UPC:9781789148589Book Category:Music, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Europe, CriminologyBook Topic:Folk & Traditional, Great BritainSize:8.35 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCBMNJB7SB
Stephen Sedley was appointed a High Court Judge in 1992 and an Appeal Court Judge in 1999, and on retiring from the Bench in 2011, visiting professor of law at the University of Oxford. Martin Carthy MBE is a singer and guitarist and one of Britain's most highly regarded folk musicians. In 2014 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
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