{"product_id":"9780522857351","title":"Possessing The Dead","description":"Author: Helen MacDonald\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780522857351\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Melbourne University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Jun 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 302\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLondon, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. What happened next is shrouded in mystery. The only certainty is that Charles Rose's body did not go directly to a grave.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Written with clarity and verve, and drawing on a rich array of material, \u003ci\u003ePossessing the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e explores the disturbing history of the cadaver trade in Scotland, England and Australia, where laws once gave certain officials possession of the dead, and no corpse lying in a workhouse, hospital, asylum or gaol was entirely safe from interference.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n With a rare blend of curiosity, delight in the unexpected and an eye for detail, award-winning historian Helen MacDonald brings to life this gruesome past to reveal the chicanery at play behind the procuring of bodies for dissections, autopsies and collections.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241957605534,"sku":"HPC-9780522857351","price":46.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780522857351.jpg?v=1780360965","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780522857351","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}