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The Italian Boy - Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London (Paperback)
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The Italian Boy - Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London (Paperback)
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Loot Price R357
Discovery Miles 3 570
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Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of
crimes at Number 3, Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that
appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh
three years earlier. After a long investigation, three
bodysnatchers were put on trial for supplying the anatomy schools
of London with suspiciously fresh bodies for dissection. They later
became known as The London Burkers, and their story was dubbed 'The
Italian Boy' case. The furore which led directly to the passing of
controversial legislation which marked the beginning of the end of
body snatching in Britain. The case revealed some extremely
unpleasant aspects of life in London, a city that had increased in
size by one-third - to over one-and-a-half million inhabitants -
between 1801 and 1831, and which was continuing to expand at a
phenomenal and unprecedented rate. Burkers but also, by making use
of an incredibly rich archival store, the lives of ordinary
lower-class Londoners. She shows how the case challenged their
notions of community and criminality, and how it made many feel
that at the heart of their great city lay unknown, unknowable
mysteries. Here is a window on the lives of the poor - a window
which is opaque in places, shattered in others but which provides
an unprecedented view of low-life London in the 1830s.
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