The Scanty Particulars by Rachel Holmes
A biography of the enigmatic Doctor James Miranda Barry, who performed the worlds first successful recorded caesarean section. Posted by the army as staff surgeon, Barry spent much of his career traversing the globe and eventually reaching the highest rank of Inspector General of hospitals. But throughout his career, Barry courted controversy - through his flamboyant dress, his dalliances with society women and his strange and enduringly intimate friendship with Lord Charles Somerset, Governor of South Africa. The mystery surrounding Barry climaxed after his death, when the servant who laid out his body made a most surprising revelation. This is the deeply personal tale of an very public person whose life unfolds amidst constant drama, a world of medical innovation and colonial adventure. A story at whose centre stands a remarkable individual whose lifetime of mystery is irresistibly alluring.
Rachel Holmes spent her childhood between South Africa and England, and is now Managing Editor of Amazon.co.uk. Formerly a lecturer in English at the Universities of London and Sussex, she a regular speaker and multimedia commentator on literature and current affairs and was a judge for the Whitbread Prize in 2001. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670890996 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670890995 |
| Title | The Scanty Particulars |
| Author | Rachel Holmes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2002-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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