Digging Up The Dead: Uncovering The Life And Times Of An Extraordinary Surgeon

A tearaway young man from Norfolk, Astley Cooper (1768-1841) became the world's richest and most famous surgeon. Caught up in the French Revolution, and in attempts to bring radical democracy to Britain, Cooper nevertheless rose to become surgeon to royals from the Prince Regent to Queen Victoria.

• | By (Author): Druin Burch
• | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• | Publication Date: Mar 06, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1845950135
• | ISBN-13: 9781845950132