The Book of Phobias and Manias - A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

Informationen zum Autor Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher , winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her debut, The Queen of Whale Cay , won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for The Whitbread Biography Award. The Wicked Boy , published in 2016, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Her latest book, The Haunting of Alma Fielding , was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. She lives in north London. Klappentext A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. Vorwort A captivating A-Z compendium of our fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher Zusammenfassung A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.

Product details

• Authors: KATE SUMMERSCALE, Kate Summerscale, Kate (Editor) Summerscale
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781788162814
• ISBN: 978-1-78816-281-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, History of Ideas, popular science, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Society & culture: general, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Health & personal development, History of Medicine, Psychology: emotions, History of Science, Social, group or collective psychology, General and world history, Society and culture: general, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Health, Relationships and Personal development, Society and Social Sciences