The Imposteress Rabbit Breeder: Mary Toft and Eighteenth-Century England

by Karen Harvey

Book Overview

In October 1726, newspapers began reporting a remarkable event. In the town of Godalming in Surrey, a woman called Mary Toft had started to give birth to rabbits. Several leading doctors - some sent directly by King George I - travelled to examine the woman and she was moved to London to be closer to them. By December, she had been accused of fraud and taken into custody. Mary Toft's unusual deliveries caused a media sensation. Her rabbit births were...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198734883
• ISBN13: 9780198734888
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"