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WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT COMIC BOOK AWARD FOR BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL AND BEST WRITER (MARTIN CONAGHAN). 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 graphic novel, the book is also fully annotated.. With an introduction by Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant and a bonus gallery featuring Frank Quitely and Gary Erskine. Cover by Rian Hughes. Reviews of Burke & Hare: "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.… (más)
A promising true-crime book about serial killers in 19th century Scotland is marred by poor storytelling as many of the scenes and characters make little sense until you've read all the end notes that explain what the author failed to communicate in the main part of the book.
Though it was obvious from appearances from the first page, the author announces in the end matter that he modeled the book on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell. I'm not sure why you'd want to set yourself up for that comparison, because the odds are not good for coming off well. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
When in the guise of fiction an author maligns in the most unmistakable terms the memories of men who have not long departed, he should recollect that someone still may live who can answer to refute his calumnies. - James Goodsir in a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette on Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body-Snatcher, 1885.
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This book is dedicated to all beneficiaries, and victims, of medical science.
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Calton Gaol, Edinburgh, Scotland, Thursday 19 January 1829.
"Come on . . . Bloody Hell!!" "This better be guid, Burke. I'm havin' ma supper!"
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENT COMIC BOOK AWARD FOR BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL AND BEST WRITER (MARTIN CONAGHAN). 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 graphic novel, the book is also fully annotated.. With an introduction by Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant and a bonus gallery featuring Frank Quitely and Gary Erskine. Cover by Rian Hughes. Reviews of Burke & Hare: "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.
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Though it was obvious from appearances from the first page, the author announces in the end matter that he modeled the book on Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's From Hell. I'm not sure why you'd want to set yourself up for that comparison, because the odds are not good for coming off well. (