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Burke and Hare
Burke and Hare
Author: Owen Dudley-Edwards
In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord rent. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend, William Burke, fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr. Robert Knox, an ambitious Edinburgh anatomist. They make a profit of GBP3 and 10 shillings. After t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781780272177
ISBN-10: 1780272170
Publication Date: 5/1/2014
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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