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The Century of the Detective #1A
The Marks of Cain
1st Pan edition T48 1968 paperback vg condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
- GenresTrue Crime
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First published January 1, 1965
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Jürgen Thorwald
60 books94 followersJürgen Thorwald was a German writer, journalist and historian known for his works describing the history of forensic medicine and of World War II.
Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhenish Prussia, and attended the University of Cologne. He started his career in 1933 in Nazi Germany, writing for publications such as Die Braune Post ("The Brown Mail"), the SS journal Das Schwarze Korps ("The Black Corps") and the NSDAP paper National-Zeitung. During the war he worked as a propaganda writer focusing on the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and the general German war effort.
After the war, he used the pseudonym Jürgen Thorwald in order to be able to work under Allied occupation. In 1947, he legally adopted the new name.
Thorwald's book 'The Century of the Detective' was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1966 in Best Fact Crime category, but he lost to Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood'. In 1984 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Thorwald died in Lugano, Switzerland in 2006. He was 90 years old.
Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhenish Prussia, and attended the University of Cologne. He started his career in 1933 in Nazi Germany, writing for publications such as Die Braune Post ("The Brown Mail"), the SS journal Das Schwarze Korps ("The Black Corps") and the NSDAP paper National-Zeitung. During the war he worked as a propaganda writer focusing on the Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine and the general German war effort.
After the war, he used the pseudonym Jürgen Thorwald in order to be able to work under Allied occupation. In 1947, he legally adopted the new name.
Thorwald's book 'The Century of the Detective' was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1966 in Best Fact Crime category, but he lost to Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood'. In 1984 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Thorwald died in Lugano, Switzerland in 2006. He was 90 years old.
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February 4, 2020
Un libro sobre la historia de la criminología.
January 28, 2023
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. So much so, that I bought a used copy online from a thrift book store in Dallas TX for my granddaughter to read. She is very interested in criminology.
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