About this Event
Join Lindsey Fitzharris, historian and award-winning author of The Butchering Art, as she presents the compelling, true story of a visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War’s injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery.
In "The Facemaker", Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of the pioneering plastic surgeon Harold Gillies. Referred to as the ‘grandfather of plastic surgery’ Gillies dedicated himself to restoring the faces - and the identities - of a brutalized generation. "The Facemaker" places Gillies's ingenious surgical innovations alongside the poignant stories of soldiers whose lives were wrecked and repaired.
At this event Lindsey Fitzharris will discuss her latest book and will follow up with a question and answer session. There will be an opportunity to buy copies of the book to have them signed.
About Lindsey Fitzharris
Lindsey Fitzharris is the author of The Butchering Art, which won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing, and was shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize and the Wolfson History Prize. She received her doctorate in the History of Science, Medicine and Technology at the University of Oxford and was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Wellcome Institute. She contributes regularly to the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American and other notable publications.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Surgeon' Hall Museum, Surgeons Hall Museum, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00