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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
Lisa Rosner
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Description for 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
paperback. 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. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
ISBN
9780812221763
SKU
V9780812221763
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99-15
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