Mary Paterson, or, the Fatal Error (Hardcover)

Mary Paterson, or, The Fatal Error is a high-Victorian tale of the tragic life, and sorry end, of poor Mary Paterson: her fall from grace, her unhappy loves - and her final grisly demise at the hands of Burke and Hare, who kept Edinburgh's anatomists supplied with freshly manufactured corpses. But the melodrama doesn't stop with Mary lying cold upon the dissecting slab: David Pae's galloping novel, originally serialised in the Dundee People's Journal in 1864 and 1865, hounds Burke and Hare to their capture and trial, leads Burke to the gallows, and thereafter follows Hare and his accomplices to their various just deserts. The Scottish writer David Pae was one of the most successful serial novelists of his day. Edited by Caroline McCracken-Flesher, this new edition of Pae's original and unexpurgated tale not only provides a fascinating window into the popular Victorian imagination but is also a highly entertaining novel in its own right.

General

Imprint:	Association For Scottish Literary Studies
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	ASLS Annual Volumes
Release date:	June 2015
Authors:	David Pae
Dimensions:	250 x 120 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	504
ISBN-13:	978-1-906841-20-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries
LSN:	1-906841-20-9
Barcode:	9781906841201

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