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A History of Delusions : The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

A History of Delusions : The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

A History of Delusions : The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

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For centuries weve dismissed delusions as something for doctors to sort out behind locked doors. But delusions are more than just bizarre quirks they hold the key to collective anxieties and traumas.

In this groundbreaking history, Victoria Shepherd uncovers stories of delusions from medieval times to the present day and implores us to identify reason in apparent madness. Discover how the King of France thinking he was made of glass was terrified he might shatter… and he wasnt alone…

Uncover the peculiar case of the dozens of Victorian women who tried to convince their physicians that they were, in fact, dead. And learn how after the Emperor met his end at the Battle of Waterloo, an epidemic of ‘Napoleons’ piled into Frances asylums.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2023
Publisher: Oneworld
Pages: 352
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780861545308
ISBN 10: 0861545308

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