Author: Sarah Wise
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466867809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by "resurrection men" Before his murder in 1831, the "Italian boy" was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among the livestock, hawkers, and con men, begging for pennies. When his body was sold to a London medical college, the suppliers were arrested for murder. Their high-profile trial would unveil London's furtive trade in human corpses carried out by body-snatchers--or "resurrection men"--who killed to satisfy the first rule of the cadaver market: the fresher the body, the higher the price. Historian Sarah Wise reconstructs not only the boy's murder but the chaos and squalor of London that swallowed the fourteen-year-old vagrant long before his corpse appeared on the slab. In 1831, the city's poor were desperate and the wealthy were petrified, the population swelling so fast that old class borders could not possibly hold. All the while, early humanitarians were pushing legislation to protect the disenfranchised, the courts were establishing norms of punishment and execution, and doctors were pioneering the science of human anatomy. Vivid and intricate, The Italian Boy restores to history the lives of the very poorest Londoners and offers an unparalleled account of the sights, sounds, and smells of a city at the brink of a major transformation.
The Italian Boy
Author: Sarah Wise
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466867809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by "resurrection men" Before his murder in 1831, the "Italian boy" was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among the livestock, hawkers, and con men, begging for pennies. When his body was sold to a London medical college, the suppliers were arrested for murder. Their high-profile trial would unveil London's furtive trade in human corpses carried out by body-snatchers--or "resurrection men"--who killed to satisfy the first rule of the cadaver market: the fresher the body, the higher the price. Historian Sarah Wise reconstructs not only the boy's murder but the chaos and squalor of London that swallowed the fourteen-year-old vagrant long before his corpse appeared on the slab. In 1831, the city's poor were desperate and the wealthy were petrified, the population swelling so fast that old class borders could not possibly hold. All the while, early humanitarians were pushing legislation to protect the disenfranchised, the courts were establishing norms of punishment and execution, and doctors were pioneering the science of human anatomy. Vivid and intricate, The Italian Boy restores to history the lives of the very poorest Londoners and offers an unparalleled account of the sights, sounds, and smells of a city at the brink of a major transformation.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466867809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
A thrilling history of England's great metropolis at a point of great change, told through the story of a young vagrant murdered by "resurrection men" Before his murder in 1831, the "Italian boy" was one of thousands of orphans on the streets of London, moving among the livestock, hawkers, and con men, begging for pennies. When his body was sold to a London medical college, the suppliers were arrested for murder. Their high-profile trial would unveil London's furtive trade in human corpses carried out by body-snatchers--or "resurrection men"--who killed to satisfy the first rule of the cadaver market: the fresher the body, the higher the price. Historian Sarah Wise reconstructs not only the boy's murder but the chaos and squalor of London that swallowed the fourteen-year-old vagrant long before his corpse appeared on the slab. In 1831, the city's poor were desperate and the wealthy were petrified, the population swelling so fast that old class borders could not possibly hold. All the while, early humanitarians were pushing legislation to protect the disenfranchised, the courts were establishing norms of punishment and execution, and doctors were pioneering the science of human anatomy. Vivid and intricate, The Italian Boy restores to history the lives of the very poorest Londoners and offers an unparalleled account of the sights, sounds, and smells of a city at the brink of a major transformation.
The Italian Boy; Or, the Benefit of Speaking Truth
Author: ITALIAN BOY.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Antoine, the Italian Boy. [With Illustrations.]
Author: Charles Wheeler Denison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The Italian Boy
Author: Sarah Wise
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805075372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Describes the 1831 murder of a young vagrant and the sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest of his killers, "resurrection men" who acted to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805075372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
Describes the 1831 murder of a young vagrant and the sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest of his killers, "resurrection men" who acted to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
Anthony Rizzo Is a Good Italian Boy
Author: Amanda Recupido
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781684015108
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo loves big family dinners, hitting home runs, and is even willing to share the last cannoli. Find out what else makes him a "good Italian boy" in this story.
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781684015108
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
The Chicago Cubs' Anthony Rizzo loves big family dinners, hitting home runs, and is even willing to share the last cannoli. Find out what else makes him a "good Italian boy" in this story.
Giuseppe, the Italian boy [By M. F.].
Author: Mrs. Margaret FISON
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Italian Boy
Author: Sarah Wise
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Body snatching
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Legislation which marked the end of body-snatching in 1830s Britain was the result of investigations in The Italian Boy case in which examples for dissection were supplied to anatomy schools. This title examines this episode in history and the lives of lower-class Londoners of the period.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Body snatching
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Legislation which marked the end of body-snatching in 1830s Britain was the result of investigations in The Italian Boy case in which examples for dissection were supplied to anatomy schools. This title examines this episode in history and the lives of lower-class Londoners of the period.
Filippo, the Italian Boy
Author: Laura B. Starr
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Author: Mark Sullivan
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
ISBN: 9781503902374
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps, but when he is recruited to be the personal driver for a powerful Third Reich commander, he begins to spy for the Allies.
Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
ISBN: 9781503902374
Category : Germany
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A teenage boy in 1940s Italy becomes part of an underground railroad that helps Jews escape through the Alps, but when he is recruited to be the personal driver for a powerful Third Reich commander, he begins to spy for the Allies.
The Medici Boy
Author: John L'Heureux
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1938231481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatello’s passion for his beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to murder. Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save Donatello, even his master’s friend--the great patron of art, Cosimo de’ Medici.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1938231481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
While creating his famous bronze of David and Goliath, Donatello’s passion for his beautiful model and part time rent boy, Agnolo, ignites a dangerous jealousy that ultimately leads to murder. Luca, the complex and conflicted assistant, will sacrifice all to save Donatello, even his master’s friend--the great patron of art, Cosimo de’ Medici.