In a boarding house in the West Port area of 1820's Edinburgh, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord 4 rent. Instead of burying the body, the landlord and his friend--one William Hare and William Burke, both Irish--fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr. Robert Knox, an ambitious Edinburgh anatomist. Burke and Hare make a profit of 3 and 10 shillings. After this encouraging start, Burke and Hare decide to suffocate another sickly tenant, so beginning the criminal career of the most notorious double act in serial killing that would only end on the...
In a boarding house in the West Port area of 1820's Edinburgh, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. He owes the landlord 4 rent. Instead of b...
In his first novel, Owen Dudley Edwards views the story of the pilgrimage and passion of "Jesus Christ" through the eyes of Johnny, his youngest disciple.
"Johnny loved Jesus. Read this breathtaking novel, and you can imagine how he came to write the wonderful Fourth Gospel." "Richard Holloway "
"It is not only a marvellous synthesis of the historical and literary imagination, but also a deeply moving meditation on childhood and its centrality to our culture." "Declan Kiberd"
"Big, bold experiment, and a timely reminder that the greatest stories ever told are always open to fresh...
In his first novel, Owen Dudley Edwards views the story of the pilgrimage and passion of "Jesus Christ" through the eyes of Johnny, his youngest di...
