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Lindsey Fitzharris

Praise for Sleuth-Hound

Lindsey Fitzharris is an electrifying storyteller whose gift for weaving science and history into an impeccably researched narrative is second to none. In Sleuth-Hound, she brings the extraordin ...

Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five

A stunning, magnificent achievement. The outcome of incredible archival research and sensational detective work, this gripping book is a dazzling revelation, which absolutely transforms o ...

Kate Williams, author of Regina

A delicious foray into the compelling—and grisly—world of 19th-century forensics, as Fitzharris unmasks the ‘real’ Sherlock Holmes. Convincing and delightful

Erik Larson, author of The Demon of Unrest

Lindsey Fitzharris is an electrifying storyteller whose gift for weaving science and history into an impeccably researched narrative is second to none. In Sleuth-Hound, she brings the extraordin ...

Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five

A stunning, magnificent achievement. The outcome of incredible archival research and sensational detective work, this gripping book is a dazzling revelation, which absolutely transforms o ...

Kate Williams, author of Regina

A delicious foray into the compelling—and grisly—world of 19th-century forensics, as Fitzharris unmasks the ‘real’ Sherlock Holmes. Convincing and delightful

Erik Larson, author of The Demon of Unrest

Lindsey Fitzharris is an electrifying storyteller whose gift for weaving science and history into an impeccably researched narrative is second to none. In Sleuth-Hound, she brings the extraordin ...

Hallie Rubenhold, author of The Five

A stunning, magnificent achievement. The outcome of incredible archival research and sensational detective work, this gripping book is a dazzling revelation, which absolutely transforms o ...

Kate Williams, author of Regina

A delicious foray into the compelling—and grisly—world of 19th-century forensics, as Fitzharris unmasks the ‘real’ Sherlock Holmes. Convincing and delightful

Erik Larson, author of The Demon of Unrest

Books by Lindsey Fitzharris

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The FacemakerLindsey Fitzharris
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The Butchering ArtLindsey Fitzharris

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Articles featuring Lindsey Fitzharris

Houses of death: the horror of life in a Victorian hospital

Houses of death: the horror of life in a Victorian hospital

Riddled with dirt, disease, gristle and gore, the operating theatre back then was far removed from what we associate with hospitals of today. Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, a medical historian, takes us through daily life in a Victorian hospital.
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