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Raising the dead : the men who created Frankenstein
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Raising the dead : the men who created Frankenstein

by Andy Dougan

This study explores the nineteenth-century scientific experiments in re-animation that inspired the novel Frankenstein. It focuses on an 1818 attempt in Glasgow to revive an executed murderer, analysing the scientific sensation and scandal caused by the event.

Accession 25947 ISBN 9781780275017 Publisher Birlinn Limited
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