The Specimens
26 September 2024Imprint: Black & White Publishing
Synopsis
"A work of fiction that is both a potent portrait of early 19th-century Edinburgh but also a story about female agency or the lack of it. The result is a compelling, painful, haunted piece of work." THE HERALD
Up the close and down the stair, meet the women of Burke and Hare
Edinburgh, 1828. Two women - one rich, one poor -...
Up the close and down the stair, meet the women of Burke and Hare
Edinburgh, 1828. Two women - one rich, one poor -...
Details
26 September 2024288 pages
9781785306365Imprint: Black & White Publishing
Reviews
'A work of fiction that is both a potent portrait of early 19th-century Edinburgh but also a story about female agency or the lack of it. The result is a compelling, painful, haunted piece of work.'THE HERALD
'Beguiling and atmospheric, this is as much an engrossing character study as a bold reimagining of the infamous anatomy murders.'HEAT MAGAZINE
'A fresh, feminine take on the horrors of Burke and Hare and their complicit Edinburgh anatomists'Sally Magnusson
'Vivid and discomfiting, written with compassion and a draughtswoman's eye for detail, Mairi Kidd holds a lantern up to the brutality of women's lives in Burke, Hare and Knox's Edinburgh. She draws a fine thread between women's bodily experiences now and then, and her voice is so authentic I felt as if I was there'Lucy Ribchester
