Scottish Bodysnatchers - A Gazetteer (Paperback, New)

Graverobbing was a dark but profitable industry in pre-Victorian Scotland - criminals, gravediggers and middle-class medical students alike abstracted newly-buried corpses to send to the anatomy schools. Only after the trials of the infamous murderers Burke and Hare and the passing of the Anatomy Act of 1832 did the grisly trade end. From burial grounds in the heart of Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh to quiet country graveyards in the Scottish Borders and Aberdeenshire, this book takes you to every cemetery ever raided, and reveals where you can find extant pieces of anti-resurrectionist graveyard furniture, from mortsafes, coffin cages and underground vaults to watchtowers and morthouses. Richly illustrated, filled with hundreds of stories of 'reanimated' corpses, daring thefts, black-hearted murders and children sold to the slaughter by their own mothers, and with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic short story The Body Snatcher at the end, this macabre guide will delight everyone who loves Scotland's dark past.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	Geoff Holder
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-7524-5603-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime
LSN:	0-7524-5603-2
Barcode:	9780752456034

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