Owen Dudley Edwards (1) (1938–)
Autor de Burke & Hare
Para otros autores llamados Owen Dudley Edwards, ver la página de desambiguación.
Obras de Owen Dudley Edwards
Obras relacionadas
The impact of the American Revolution abroad : papers presented at the fourth symposium, May 8 and 9, 1975 (1976) — Contribuidor — 13 copias
The Haunted Grange of Goresthorpe: A True Ghost Story (short story) (1877) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 10 copias
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society - Fifth Series, Volume 32 (1982) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 7 copias
The Arthur Ransome Society : transcripts from the literary weekends (1993) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1938-03-27
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Ireland
- Lugares de residencia
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Dublin, Ireland - Educación
- University College Dublin
Johns Hopkins University
Belvedere College, Dublin - Ocupaciones
- historian
- Relaciones
- Edwards, Ruth Dudley (sister)
Edwards, Robert Dudley (father)
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 21
- También por
- 11
- Miembros
- 190
- Popularidad
- #114,774
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 44
We are probably due for a modern re-examination of the case, based on current knowledge of anatomy and of history and custom. Sadly, this book isn't it. Apart from a strange and quixotic attempt to make Burke look relatively good, it has little new to offer. And the organization leaves much to be desired. It was simply too easy to get lost -- even though I already knew at least a little about Burke and Hare, which many modern readers will not.
If you already have a good knowledge of the era of the resurrectionists, and of the Burke and Hare case, this may be an interesting counterbalance to the usual attempt to portray both men as the worst of the worst. But I would start with other sources before turning to this.… (más)