Burke & Hare

Conaghan, Martin

ISBN 10: 1547243686 / ISBN 13: 9781547243686

Published by Caliber Comics, 2019

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burke & Hare
• Publisher: Caliber Comics
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1547243686
• ISBN 13: 9781547243686
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Pickering, Will
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The true story of 1800's serial killers!

In 1828, two Irishmen named William Burke and William Hare murdered 16 people and disposed of the bodies to Dr Robert Knox at Edinburgh University for dissection, setting in motion a scandal that would rock the world's medical establishment. Writer Martin Conaghan and artist Will Pickering deliver a ghoulishly true story of medicine, murder and money set at the height of Edinburgh's enlightenment. In addition to the full length comic story, the book is also fully annotated along with an introduction by Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant.

Review

"a ghoulish, yet fascinating account of murder, history, medicine and greed." - Forbidden Planet

 

"A shadowy tale of greed and violence." - The List

 

"Well paced, beautifully illustrated and painstakingly researched." - Down the Tubes

 

"Brimming with murder, intrigue, cover-ups, conspiracies, and mystery" - Sci-Fi Pulse