‘Moore’s tireless devotion to detail brings the man and his maverick career vividly, compellingly, and gruesomely to life … Medicine needs more John Hunters, and biography needs more Wendy Moores.’
– New York Times Book Review

‘Wendy Moore has done justice to this marvellous man in a biography packed with gruesome facts and eye-opening perceptions. It is an accomplishment and a splendid read.’
- The Times

‘Excellent … Wendy Moore has helped to pay the debt we all owe to this short-tempered dyslexic healer’
– Sunday Telegraph

‘A gruesome but fascinating biography … Definitely not for the squeamish, this visceral portrait offers a wonderful insight into sickness, suffering and surgery in the 18th century. Excellent.’
- The Guardian                                                                                                    Read full review

'A fresh biography of Hunter has been overdue for some time. Wendy Moore's book is just the thing.'

- The Independent                                                                                                 Read full review

‘Moore’s biography is an absolute intellectual delight … This is a stylish, fascinating and compelling story of an unsung Scottish pioneer.’
- Scotland on Sunday

‘This is a fine piece of work and I found it hard to believe that it is the author’s first book. … It is carefully researched, engagingly written and generously illustrated.’
- Sunday Herald

‘Moore has written a fast-moving, vivid life which is not for the faint-hearted … Wendy Moore has a remarkable tale to tell, and she tells it with vim and gusto.’
- The Spectator

‘Wendy Moore … is to be congratulated on this latest account of the life and times of John Hunter.’
- The British Medical Journal

‘Moore’s complex portrayal nicely balances the rigor of the historian with the art of the storyteller. The Knife Man makes for fascinating, often macabre reading, and it will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in the history of medicine.’
- New England Journal of Medicine

‘Always vivid and entertaining … The Knife Man leaves one entranced with Moore’s hero and the age in which he lived.’
- Literary Review

‘A stunning, gruesomely compelling biography … Brilliant’
- Alison Weir, author and historian

‘I don’t think I’ve ever read a biography that I’ve enjoyed quite as much as this one … It’s a winner all round – and now I’ve finished it, I’m going to start all over again.’
- Claire Rayner, writer, broadcaster and health adviser

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