Burke and Hare
Owen Dudley-Edwards
(Author)
Description
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 this encouraging outcome, Burke and Hare decide to suffocate another sickly tenant.So begins the criminal career of the most notorious double act in serial killing. Here is the unvarnished, human story behind the infamous Burke and Hare murders. We delve into their past, their personalities and the circumstances that made them resort to murder as a money-making scheme. It's a tale of desperation and greed, of outsiders, ambition, corruption and betrayal. And it's all true!
Product Details
Price
$21.95
$20.41
Publisher
Birlinn
Publish Date
December 09, 2014
Pages
352
Dimensions
0.0 X 0.0 X 0.0 inches | 0.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781780272177
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Owen Dudley Edwards is a reader in history at EdinburghUniversity and a regular contributor and reviewer for radio, television, and the press. His books include Mind of an Activist: James Connolly; P. G. Wodehouse: A Critical and Historical Study; and The Quest for Sherlock Holmes: A Biographical Study of Arthur Conan Doyle.