Burke and Hare : The True Story Behind the Infamous Edinburgh Murderers
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1780272170
ISBN-13
9781780272177
Publisher
Birlinn General
Imprint
Birlinn Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 9th, 2014
Print length
452 Pages
Weight
410 grams
Dimensions
19.90 x 13.10 x 3.40 cms
Product Classification:
True crimeBritish & Irish history
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Here is the unvarnished, human story behind the infamous Burke and Hare murders. We delve into their past, their personalities and the circumstances that made them resort to murder as a money-making scheme. It's a tale of desperation and greed, of outsiders, ambition, corruption and betrayal. And it's all true!
In a boarding house in West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord 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 Edinburgh anatomist. They make a profit of GBP3 and 10 shillings. 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 serial killing. Here is the unvarnished, human story behind the infamous Burke and Hare murders. We delve into their past, their personalities and the circumstances that made them resort to murder as a money-making scheme. It''s a tale of desperation and greed, of outsiders, ambition, corruption and betrayal. And it''s all true!
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