Serial Killers and Resurrectionists of Nineteenth Century Edinburgh
Paperback
Age range: + years old
Publication Date: 09/09/2009
Body snatchers and grave robbers were the stuff of Victorian lore, but two real-life culprits took the crimes out of shadowy cemeteries and into criminal court. William Burke and William Hare aided inquisitive Scottish surgeons who competed for anatomical breakthroughs by experimenting on human corpses. As the duo evolved from petty theft to premeditated murder, they unwittingly brought attention to the medical practices of the era, leading to Burke's death by hanging. This account not only explores the work of the Resurrectionists, it reflects the nature of serial killers, 1820s criminal law, and Edinburgh's early role as a seat of European medical research.
- ISBN:
- 9780786444038
- 9780786444038
- Category:
- Crime & criminology
- Age range:
- + years old
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 09-09-2009
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- McFarland & Co Inc
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 273
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x14mm
- Weight:
- 0.37kg
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