ENGLISH

The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes

By Lisa Rosner

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780812203554
DOI
10.9783/9780812203554
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2452487 bytes)
Pages
336\336
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 21:12:28

Description

Burke and Hare were the first serial killers to capture media attention, accused of killing sixteen people in order to sell their cadavers as "subjects" for dissection. The Anatomy Murders is the first book to situate their story against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early nineteenth-century England into modernity. Burke and Hare were the first serial killers to capture media attention, accused of killing sixteen people in order to sell their cadavers as "subjects" for dissection. The Anatomy Murders is the first book to situate their story against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early nineteenth-century England into modernity.

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