![Inconvenient People : Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/f/868/541/9780099541868.RH.0.m.jpg)
Inconvenient People : Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England
by Wise, Sarah
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0099541866
- ISBN 13
- 9780099541868
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
SARAH WISE has a BA in English Literature and a Masters degree in Victorian Studies, from Birkbeck College, University of London. Her book The Blackest Streets was published by Bodley Head in 2008 and was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize in 2009; it was a Book of the Year in the Sunday Telegraph and The Economist and for BBC Radio 4's Saturday Review programme. Her debut, The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave Robbery in 1830s London , was shortlisted for the 2005 Samuel Johnson Prize and won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. Sarah was a major contributor to Iain Sinclair's compendium London, City of Disappearances . She has spoken on Radio 4's Thinking Allowed , Woman's Hour and the Today programme, and on BBC Radio London and LBC Radio, and she regularly lectures to societies and at history events. She lives in central London.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Better World Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP82752285
- Title
- Inconvenient People : Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England
- Author
- Wise, Sarah
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0099541866
- ISBN 13
- 9780099541868
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2013-11-26
Terms of Sale
Better World Books
Better World Books wants every single one of its customers to be happy with their purchase. If you are not satisfied your purchase or simply find out that it was not the book you were looking for, please e-mail us at: help@betterworldbooks.com. We will get back to you as soon as possible with directions on how to return the book to our warehouse. Please keep in mind that because we deal mostly in used books, any extra components, such as CDs or access codes, are usually not included. CDs: If the book does include a CD, it will be noted in the book's description ("With CD!"). Otherwise, there is no CD included, even if the term is used in the book's title. Access Codes: Unless the book is described as "New," please assume that the book does *not* have an access code.