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The Italian boy : a tale of murder and body snatching in 1830s London / Sarah Wise.
Van Pelt Library HV6535.G6 L6595 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wise, Sarah (Writer on English history)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--England--London--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Body snatching.
- History.
- England--London.
- Poor--England--London--History--19th century.
- Poor.
- Body snatching--England--London--History--19th century.
- London (England)--Social conditions.
- London (England).
- Grave Robbing--history.
- London.
- Homicide--history.
- Autopsy--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- Poverty--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Grave Robbing--history.
- London.
- Homicide--history.
- Autopsy--history.
- History, 19th Century.
- Poverty--history.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Metropolitan Books, [2004]
- Summary:
- In a work as vivid and intricate as a Dickens novel, historian Wise reconstructs the 1831 murder of an orphan whose body was subsequently sold to a London medical college. The high-profile trial would expose the chaos and squalor of a growing city at the brink of modernity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-356) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0805075372
- OCLC:
- 53975523
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