Burke & Hare /
Owen Dudley Edwards.
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Summary: | In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. 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 Edinburgh anatomist. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom :
Birlinn Ltd,
2014.
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Edition: | Third edition. |
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Notes: | Previously published.: Edinburgh : Polygon, 1980. Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: 440 pages : portrait ; 20 cm. more |
ISBN: | 9781780272177 1780272170 |