Mary Toft was a woman from Godalming, who achieved notoriety in 1726 when she purportedly gave birth to a litter of rabbits. In reality, the animal parts Toft “delivered” were being surreptitiously ...

Dexter Palmer's last novel, Version Control, radically rewrote the literary possibility of the time-travel tale. But in his new book, Mary Toft; or, the Rabbit Queen, Palmer practices time travel of a ...

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Last year, I briefly got hooked on scam stories. I wasn’t alone. Reporters, TV and podcast producers, critics, and readers all trained their eyes on hoaxes and hoaxers ranging from the fake German ...

In this follow-up to Version Control, Palmer brilliantly fictionalizes the true story of Mary Toft, who in 1726 perplexed England when she gave birth to dead rabbits. John Howard, the only surgeon in ...

Pulling a rabbit out of a hat, well that’s sort of old hat. But what about pulling a rabbit out of a woman’s privates? That is what happened in 1726, when Mary Toft, an illiterate servant, seemed to ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Katharine Grant MARY TOFT; Or, The Rabbit Queen By Dexter Palmer In 1726, in Godalming, England, ...

Dexter Palmer's new novel is based on the strange true story of a woman who confounded the medical and scientific establishments of 18th century... Dexter Palmer's last novel, Version Control, ...