Robert Clarke
Published Books:
The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Godalming's Gift to Grub Street (31st August 2026)
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The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits: Godalming's Gift to Grub Street (31st August 2026)
BUY ON AMAZON: https://link.amazon/B0fX2fRaq
About Robert Clarke:
Bob Clarke first came across the story of Mary Toft, the woman who gave birth to rabbits, in an original 1726 newspaper twenty years ago and has been fascinated by it ever since. He is the author of From Grub Street to Fleet Street: an illustrated history of English newspapers to 1899 (Ashgate, now Routledge, 2004; revised and extended edition, Revel Barker, 2010), Impostress: The Dishonest Adventures of Sarah Wilson (The History Press, 2019), and several books published by a local history society. Clarke is a volunteer researcher and writer for the Victoria County History Hampshire project and give talks on historical subjects. He gave the Gresham College lecture at the Museum of London on the development of early English newspapers and appeared with Andrew Neil in a short film shown on The One Show about the history of Fleet Street scoops. On both occasions he described how newspapers reported the story of Mary Toft.
Bob Clarke first came across the story of Mary Toft, the woman who gave birth to rabbits, in an original 1726 newspaper twenty years ago and has been fascinated by it ever since. He is the author of From Grub Street to Fleet Street: an illustrated history of English newspapers to 1899 (Ashgate, now Routledge, 2004; revised and extended edition, Revel Barker, 2010), Impostress: The Dishonest Adventures of Sarah Wilson (The History Press, 2019), and several books published by a local history society. Clarke is a volunteer researcher and writer for the Victoria County History Hampshire project and give talks on historical subjects. He gave the Gresham College lecture at the Museum of London on the development of early English newspapers and appeared with Andrew Neil in a short film shown on The One Show about the history of Fleet Street scoops. On both occasions he described how newspapers reported the story of Mary Toft.
