Playback: One Dublin One Book event The Anatomy of Crime
Published on 18th April 2023
Author Andrew Hughes and State Pathologist Dr Heidi Okkers and Deputy State Pathologist Dr Jill Roman in conversation with novelist and journalist Conor Brady.
Watch a recording of this special One Dublin One Book event, recorded at The Royal Irish Academy on 4 April 2023.
In the years preceding 1816, the year in which The Coroner’s Daughter is set, forensic investigation into deaths was almost non-existent. 1816 was also the year of publication of George Male’s Epitome of Forensic Medicine, a pivotal guide as to how marks of a violent death appear on a body, and a textbook which became instrumental in The Coroner’s Daughter. This panel discussion will explore the history of forensic science, the development of investigative techniques, and their use in crime fiction, from the historical through to the contemporary.
