The resurrectionist
By: James Bradley
Publisher: Faber and Faber; [distributor] TBS The Book Service Ltd; Faber & Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780571232765
Subjects: Anatomists; Body snatching; Fathers and sons
Description: Leaving behind his father's failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwin Poll, the greatest of the city's anatomists. It is his chance to find advancement by making a name for himself. But instead he finds himself drawn to his master's nemesis, Lucan, the most powerful of the city's resurrectionists and ruler of its trade in stolen bodies.
Notes: General (US: Trade).