{"product_id":"9781594746161","title":"The Resurrectionist : The Lost Work of Dr. Spencer Black by E.B. Hudspeth","description":"Philadelphia. The late 1870s. A city of cobblestone sidewalks and horse-drawn carriages. Home to the famous anatomist and surgeon Dr. Spencer Black. The son of a \"resurrectionist\" (aka grave robber), Dr. Black studied at Philadelphia's esteemed Academy of Medicine, where he develops an unconventional hypothesis: What if the world's most celebrated mythological beasts - mermaids, minotaurs, and satyrs - were in fact the evolutionary ancestors of humankind?  \"The Resurrectionist\" offers two extraordinary books in one. The first is a fictional biography of Dr. Spencer Black, from his humble beginnings to the mysterious disappearance at the end of his life. The second book is Black's magnum opus: \"The Codex Extinct Animalia, a Gray's Anatomy\" for mythological beasts - dragons, centaurs, Pegasus, Cerberus - all rendered in meticulously detailed black-and-white anatomical illustrations. You need only look at these images to realize they are the work of a madman. \"The Resurrectionist\" tells his story.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204894392498,"sku":"9781594746161","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781594746161.jpg?v=1705425945","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781594746161","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}