Fleshmarket |
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| Author:
| Morgan, Nicola |
| Series title: | Signature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-340-85557-7 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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Set in the 1820s in Edinburgh, a city of cruel contrasts between the lives of the rich and poor, and home to the infamous Burke and Hare, who sold their murder victims to brilliant anatomist Dr Robert Knox. This is the evocative, often harrowing story of a boy who must survive the pain of his mother's death, at the hands of Doctor Knox. A compelling novel by the author of Mondays Are Red.
Set in the 1820s in Edinburgh, a city of cruel contrasts between the lives of the rich and poor, and home to the infamous Burke and Hare, who sold their murder victims to brilliant anatomist Dr Robert Knox. This is the evocative, often harrowing story of a boy who must survive the pain of his mother's death, at the hands of Doctor Knox. A compelling novel by the author of Mondays Are Red.