The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted T

by Lisa Rosner

Book Overview

Up the close and down the stair,
Up and down with Burke and Hare.
Burke's the butcher, Hare's the thief,
Knox the man who buys the beef.
--anonymous children's song

On Halloween night 1828, in the West Port district of Edinburgh, Scotland, a woman sometimes known as Madgy Docherty was last seen in the company of William Burke and William Hare. Days later, police discovered her remains in the surgery of the prominent anatomist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812241916
• ISBN13: 9780812241914
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"