The woman who gave birth to rabbits

Karen Harvey explores the unusual case of Mary Toft who caused a sensation in 1726 by apparently giving birth to rabbits

The 18th-century rabbit breeding hoax (Photo by Getty Images)

Published: January 31, 2020 at 12:21 pm

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Historian Karen Harvey explores the unusual case of Mary Toft who caused a sensation in 1726 by apparently giving birth to rabbits. Karen considers what the story and the reactions to it can tell us about Georgian Britain.

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