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1 online resource (631 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Biographical Note; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; 1. The Irishness of William Burke; 2. Burke and the Napoleonic Wars; 3. The Identity of William Hare; 4. Burke, Hare and the Industrial Revolution; 5. Burke, Hare and Sex; 6. Burke, Hare and Immigrant Enterprise; 7. Burke, Hare and the Scottish Enlightenment; 8. The King and William Burke; 9. William Hare and the King; 10. The Damnation of William Burke; 11. Burke, Hare and Public Opinion: an Epilogue; A Note on Sources; Index. |
| Summary |
At Christmastide, 1827, in a boarding house in Edinburgh's West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord £4 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 anatomist. They make a profit of £3.10s. 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 the history of serial murder. In this third edition of his acclaimed book, Owen Dudley Edwar. |
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Burke, William, 1792-1829.
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Hare, William, 1792?-1870?
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Murder -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Case studies.
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Trials (Murder) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Burke, William, 1792-1829. (OCoLC)fst00325035
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Hare, William, 1792?-1870? (OCoLC)fst00351649
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Trials (Murder) (OCoLC)fst01156368
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Scotland -- Edinburgh.
(OCoLC)fst01205145
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Electronic books.
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dudley Edwards, Owen. Burke and Hare. New York : Birlinn, ©2014 9781780272177 |
| ISBN |
9780857907530 (electronic book) |
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0857907530 (electronic book) |
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