LEADER 00000cam 2200541 u 4500 001 ocn892800328 003 OCoLC 005 20210503023226.0 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 141011s2014 nyu o 000 0 eng d 019 978837449|a979820674|a980267892|a980411398|a980664871 |a981011970 020 9780857907530|q(electronic book) 020 0857907530|q(electronic book) 035 (OCoLC)892800328|z(OCoLC)978837449|z(OCoLC)979820674 |z(OCoLC)980267892|z(OCoLC)980411398|z(OCoLC)980664871 |z(OCoLC)981011970 037 0B4702C8-C825-492A-9B86-DFA94193670F|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 EBLCP|beng|epn|cEBLCP|dN$T|dTEFOD|dDEBSZ|dYDXCP|dN$T |dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dTEFOD|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dIDEBK|dOCLCQ|dYDX |dOCLCQ|dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ 043 e-uk-st 049 CKEA 050 4 KDC186.B87 082 04 364.15230922|222 100 1 Dudley Edwards, Owen. 245 10 Burke and Hare. 264 1 New York :|bBirlinn,|c2014. 300 1 online resource (631 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 505 0 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. 520 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. 588 0 Print version record. 600 10 Burke, William,|d1792-1829. 600 10 Hare, William,|d1792?-1870? 600 17 Burke, William,|d1792-1829.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00325035 600 17 Hare, William,|d1792?-1870?|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00351649 650 0 Murder|zScotland|zEdinburgh|vCase studies. 650 0 Trials (Murder)|zScotland|zEdinburgh. 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xCriminology.|2bisacsh 650 7 Murder.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01029781 650 7 Trials (Murder)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01156368 651 7 Scotland|zEdinburgh.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01205145 655 0 Electronic books. 655 7 Case studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423765 776 08 |iPrint version:|aDudley Edwards, Owen.|tBurke and Hare. |dNew York : Birlinn, ©2014|z9781780272177 914 frd00040772 994 C0|bCKE
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