The doctor of Broad Street : a Victorian tale of murder and malady
Tansley, Katherine2016
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'The Doctor of Broad Street' follows Frank Roberts, a doctor working with the poor in the squalor of Victorian London. After a night out with his friend, anaesthetist John Snow, he is called upon to conduct the autopsy of a man found in a cesspit on Broad Street. As London struggles with a heat wave, he finds himself drawn into the investigation as he becomes acquainted with the family of the man accused of the murder. However, his efforts to help clear an innocent man are overshadowed as a deadly cholera epidemic sweeps through the streets of Soho, causing painful ghosts from his childhood to resurface. He helps as John works painstakingly to find the source of the cholera, in the face of widespread opposition to his ideas. Can Frank help save an innocent man? Can he help his patients and not succumb to the cholera himself? Can he support his friend in his search for the truth?
Main title:
The doctor of Broad Street : a Victorian tale of murder and malady / Katherine Tansley.
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Imprint:
Kibworth Beauchamp : Matador, 2016.Kibworth Beauchamp : Matador, 2016.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781785892103 (pbk)
Language:
English
BRN:
1551507