Mary Toft; Or, the Rabbit Queen

by Dexter Palmer

Book Overview

In 1726, in the town of Godalming, England, a woman confounded the nation's medical community by giving birth to seventeen rabbits. This astonishing true story is the basis for Dexter Palmer's stunning, powerfully evocative new novel.

Surgeon's apprentice Zachary Walsh knows that his master, John Howard, prides himself on his rationality. But John cannot explain how or why Mary Toft, the wife of a local journeyman, has managed to give birth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101871938
• ISBN13: 9781101871935
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.3"