The Specimens
by Mairi Kidd
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Pub Date 26 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 7 Oct 2024
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Description
Inside the grand walls of Edinburgh's nineteenth-century scientific institutions, anatomists began to map the secrets of the human body in order to discover new medical innovations.
But to the horror of the local population, a shortage of bodies soon led to the gruesome act of graveyard bodysnatching, a heartless crime that would soon spread like a disease throughout the city. And when stealing cadavers turns to murder, Burke & Hare became two of the most notorious serial killers of their time.
This is the story of those grim events, told for the first time through the eyes of Susan and Helen (Nelly), two women caught up in those horrific matters.
Advance Praise
'Vivid and discomfiting, written with compassion and a draughtswoman’s eye for detail, Mairi Kidd holds a lantern up to the brutality of women’s lives in Burke, Hare and Knox’s Edinburgh. She draws a fine thread between women’s bodily experiences now and then, and her voice is so authentic I felt as if I was there.' - Lucy Ribchester, author of Murder Ballad
'Gruesomely gripping, this story will stay with you for a long time, its characters so well developed, you fear you might bump into one in a dark Edinburgh close.' - Sue Lawrence, author of Lady's Rock
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781785306365 |
| PRICE | £16.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 288 |
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