The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body-snatching in 1830s London by Sarah Wise
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The Italian Boy
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Describes the 1831 murder of a young vagrant and the sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest of his killers, resurrection men who acted to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
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GOR004049872
9780805075373
0805075372
The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body-snatching in 1830s London by Sarah Wise
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Henry Holt & Company Inc
20040601
375
N/A
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