Wonderful Little Girl : Sarah Jacob: The True Story of Sarah Jacob the Welsh Fasting Girl - Hardcover

Busby, Sian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904095437 ISBN 13: 9781904095439

Verlag: Short Books, 2003

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Book by Busby Sian

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Reseña del editor:

On a winter's day in 1869, two surgeons performed an autopsy on the body of a 12-year-old Welsh girl who had died in strange circumstances. The child, even in death, was very beautiful. Yet there were signs that she had suffered greatly towards the end. This is the true story of a remarkable child, who enchanted everyone, but who, at the age of ten, suddenly took to her bed. During the last two years of her life she allegedly had nothing to eat or drink at all - and yet mysteriously survived. Sarah Jacob's family claimed she was a miracle, and as her fame grew, thousands flocked to her bedside. Was she living on thin air? Doctors felt compelled to investigate and began a round-the-clock vigil which quickly killed her. Sarah Jacob was a tragic child celebrity: a victim of the era in which she lived, when Science and Faith were grappling with the conscience of man.

Biografía del autor:

Sian Busby is a researcher and broadcaster. This is her first book. She lives with her family in North London.

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• Verlag: Short Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904095437
• ISBN 13: 9781904095439
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144