The Italian Boy
Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-101844133303
- ISBN-139781844133307
- LibraryThing12496
- Goodreads1069355
- Better World Books9781844133307
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL8952966M
Classifications
- LCCDA683
- DDC364.152/3/09421
- LCCHV6535.G6 L6595 2004
Description
Describes the 1831 murder of a young vagrant and the sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest of his killers, "resurrection men" who acted to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
First Sentence
George Beaman, surgeon to the parish of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, turned back the scalp of the corpse lying before him.
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