But in his new book, Mary Toft; or, the Rabbit Queen, Palmer practices time travel of a different sort. The story transports the reader to 18th century England, where it brilliantly fictionalizes ...

By Katharine Grant MARY TOFT; Or, The Rabbit Queen By Dexter Palmer In 1726, in Godalming, England, Mary Toft “gave birth” to bits of a rabbit. Those scare quotes embrace the heart of Dexter ...

Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen utilizes this widespread delusion to explore whether or not truth is fluid. The novel follows Zachary, teenage apprentice to John Howard, the local surgeon who ...

If the Virgin Mary could give birth to Jesus Christ, why can’t Mary Toft give birth to a rabbit? And if that’s a possibility, then how can John call her a liar? John’s openness to religion ...

A porter was soon found attempting to sneak a rabbit into her room, upon the request of Mary's sister-in-law. To make an already grim tale worse, Toft – who there is a strong case had been ...

Mary Toft was a woman from Godalming ... And so I approached Mary and the Rabbit Dream with caution. What joy, then, to find Kiss-Deáki taking a more original approach, one that twists the ...

The belief cemented when he personally helped Toft deliver a rabbit’s head, her fifteenth. Over the coming weeks, Mary became a national sensation. On November 19, 1726, Mist’s Weekly Journal ...

To say THE RABBIT QUEEN, produced by Color and Light ... In 1726, the world was hoodwinked by a poor, illiterate woman named Mary Toft who managed to fool the finest doctors, scientists, and ...