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Mary Toft: or, the rabbit queen

Title
Mary Toft: or, the rabbit queen / Dexter Palmer.
Author
Palmer, Dexter Clarence, 1974-
Publication
  • New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
viii, 319 pages; 25 cm
Summary
"In 1726 in the small town of Godalming, England, a young woman confounds the medical community by giving birth to dead rabbits. Surgeon John Howard is a rational man. His apprentice Zachary knows John is reluctant to believe anything that purports to exist outside the realm of logic. But even John cannot explain how or why Mary Toft, the wife of a local farmer, manages to give birth to a dead rabbit. When this singular event becomes a regular occurrence, John realizes that nothing in his experience as a village physician has prepared him to deal with a situation as disturbing as this. He writes to several preeminent surgeons in London, three of whom quickly arrive in the small town of Godalming ready to observe and opine. When Mary's plight reaches the attention of King George, Mary and her doctors are summoned to London, where Zachary experiences for the first time a world apart from his small-town existence, and is exposed to some of the darkest corners of the human soul. All the while, Mary lies in bed, waiting for another birth, as doubts begin to blossom among the surgeons and a growing group of onlookers grow impatient for another miracle..."--Publisher description.
Alternative Title
Rabbit queen
Subject
  • Toft, Mary, 1703-1763 > Fiction
  • Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
  • 1700-1799
  • Physicians > Fiction
  • Physicians
  • Godalming (England) > History > 18th century > Fiction
  • Great Britain > History > George I, 1714-1727 > Fiction
  • England > Godalming
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • Biographical fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • Historical fiction.
  • History.
Note
  • Novel based on a true story.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319).
Call Number
Sc E 20-291
ISBN
  • 9781101871935 (hardcover)
  • 1101871938 (hardcover)
  • 9781101871942 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2019013815
  • 40029601336
OCLC
1126664031
Author
Palmer, Dexter Clarence, 1974- author.
Title
Mary Toft: or, the rabbit queen / Dexter Palmer.
Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-319).
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Chronological Term
1700-1799
Local Subject
Black author.
Other Standard Identifier
40029601336
Research Call Number
Sc E 20-291
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