The Minutes of the Lazarus Club - Pollard Tony - 2008

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439 pages. Multiple copies of this title available. This book is an unread copy. Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. London 1857 - the Lazarus Club. Some of the finest, most unconventional minds in Victorian Britain - including Charles Darwin, Joseph Bazalgette, Charles Babbage and Isambard Kingdom Brunel - are members. Meetings take place in secret, their discussions are revolutionary and their conclusions sometimes forbidden. Synopsis: Knowing nothing of this furtive society, Dr George Phillips, a young ambitious surgeon, is intrigued to encounter Brunel over a well-used cadaver in the gory pit of his dissection theatre. It soons becomes apparent that the great engineer has mysterious plans for the good doctor. And so Phillips becomes embroiled in the enigmatic machinations of the Lazarus Club, and in its midst encounters a dark conspiracy. Not only is his own life in jeopardy, but as the first mutilated body is washed up on the banks of the Thames so the very foundations of Victorian society are set to be rocked to their core. Quantity Available: 3. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN/EAN: 9780718154479. Inventory No: 10110835. By: Pollard Tony Year: 2008 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: