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Body-snatching in the United States

Body-snatching in the United States

by Diane Morris | Jun 2, 2022 | Body-snatchers, Life & Times, surgeons & surgery

The business of body-snatching thrived in Jane Austen’s England. It also flourished in Scotland (1), Ireland (2), on the continent (3), and in the United States (US) and Canada. The success of the body-snatcher or Resurrection man (as he was sometimes called)...

Elizabeth Bennet Made Me Write a Trilogy

by Diane Morris | Apr 30, 2022 | Anne de Bourgh, Disease, Pride and Prejudice, Publishing

Nearly everybody has heard of Elizabeth Bennet, the spunky young lady in Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth is so popular that she has her own Wikipedia page, where curious persons can read a detailed analysis of her character. Known for...

Book 1 of My Trilogy Is Live Online

by Diane Morris | Apr 11, 2022 | Body-snatchers, Medicine, Publishing, Resurrection Men, surgeons & surgery

Book 1 of my Surgeon’s Duty trilogy — titled Ravaging the Dead — is live and can be found as both a paperback and a Kindle eBook on Amazon. It can also be found as an eBook on Smashwords. The trilogy tells a tale of body-snatchers and surgeons in...

Body-Snatchers Dug Up the Dead

by Diane Morris | Mar 24, 2022 | Body-snatchers, Life & Times, Resurrection Men

A previous blog described some of the lessons I learned researching and writing about body-snatchers (1). In Jane Austen’s day (particularly the early 1800s), body-snatchers dug up the dead at night and delivered the fresh cadavers to the surgeons at...
Four Things I Learned Writing a Trilogy

Four Things I Learned Writing a Trilogy

by Diane Morris | Nov 14, 2021 | surgeons & surgery, Writing

My trilogy is finished. The series–titled Surgeon’s Duty–is set in Regency England (specifically 1816 and 1817) and follows a hospital surgeon and several body-snatchers (a.k.a. resurrection men). The body-snatchers dig up newly buried bodies and...
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Characters on the Steyne, 1825. Source: Wikimedia Commons (Robt. Cruikshank, caricaturist and illustrator, public domain).