Elephantina

by Andrew Drummond

An elephant sighs forlornly and dies by the side of the road, just outside Dundee: It is April 1706 and discussions are beginning for the proposed Act of Union. Closet Jacobite sympathiser Dr Patrick Blair, an ambitious local surgeon-apothecary, embarks on a mission to become the first man in Britain to dissect an elephant. He employs Gilbert Orum, harassed debtor, surgeon's assistant and skilled copper engraver, to help him. After the dissection,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1983398705
• ISBN13: 9781983398704
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"