Spike Island - The Memory of a Military Hospital

Informationen zum Autor Philip Hoare is the author of six works of non-fiction, including Leviathan or, The Whale , which won the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. Most recently, The Sea Inside (2013) was published to great critical acclaim. Hoare is also an experienced broadcaster, a Visiting Fellow at Southampton University, and Leverhulme Artist-in-residence at The Marine Institute, Plymouth University, which awarded him an honourary doctorate in 2011. He lives in Southampton. Klappentext The story of Netley in Southampton ¿ its hospital, its people and the secret history of the 20th-century. Now with a new afterword uncovering astonishing evidence of Netley's links with Porton Down & experiments with LSD in the 1950s. Zusammenfassung The story of Netley in Southampton – its hospital, its people and the secret history of the 20th-century. Now with a new afterword uncovering astonishing evidence of Netley's links with Porton Down & experiments with LSD in the 1950s.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip Hoare, Hoare Philip
• Verlag: Fourth Estate
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781841152943
• ISBN: 978-1-84115-294-3
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung; History: specific events & topics, Hampshire, HISTORY / Military / General, MEDICAL / Administration, History: specific events and topics, Medical administration & management, Military life & institutions, Military institutions, Medical administration and management, MEDICAL / Military Medicine