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1828: A thrilling tale of queer love, murder, and the grisly origins of modern medicine.
The Resurrectionist
What you need to know before your trail
James Willoughby arrives in Edinburgh with empty pockets a dream of studying surgery. Desperate to scrape together fees for the city’s leading anatomy school, he strikes a deal with Nye MacKinnon, a dashing young dissectionist who shows James a way into this elite academic realm … via the cemetery.
James descends with Nye into the underground ranks of the Resurrectionists – men infamous for stealing fresh corpses and selling them to professors as anatomical specimens. Before he knows it, they are caught up in a life-or-death scheme as rival gangs of snatchers compete in a morbid race for power and prestige. And as James and Nye lock eyes across graves and dissection tables, they soon realise that they yearn to be more than partners in academic crime …
Travel Guide
Edinburgh
Oh this is the novel for gothic fans and those who are interested in the gruesome true crimes of the city. For this novel takes you around the cemeteries, graves, churches and dark corners of the city as well as the cobbled streets shrouded in mist.
this is the city after all of the famous body snatchers called Burke and Hare. There is plenty of atmospheric writing here and the city comes to life – pardon the pun – despite all the death here.
It’s a great showcase for a great city.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Resurrectionist
Destination/location: Edinburgh Author/guide: A. Rae Dunlap Departure Time: 1828
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