The Italian Boy

By Sarah Wise,

Book cover of The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London

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Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of crimes at Number 3, Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh three years earlier. After a long investigation, it became known that a group of body snatchers -…

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1 author picked The Italian Boy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

An exploration of the suspected murder of an Italian child in London that along with the murders of Burke and Hare, changed how bodies are supplied for medical teaching. Set in London in the 1830s it is a factual look at the way cadavers were supplied for medical teaching at that point in history.

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