The Specimens: A bold retelling of Burke and Hare's crimes from the

Author: Mairi Kidd Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 "A work of fiction that is both a potent portrait of early 19th-century Edinburgh but also a story about female agency or the lack of it. The result is a compelling, painful, haunted piece of work." THE HERALD Up the close and down the stair, meet the women of Burke and Hare Edinburgh, 1828. Two women - one rich, one poor - must navigate life against a frenzied backdrop of medical...Read more