Lindsey Fitzharris - Böcker

Den som hade oturen att hamna under kniven i det viktorianska London hade alla skäl att oroa sig. Kirurgin liknade mest ren slakt. Överlevde man själva operationen var risken stor att smittas av sjukhusfeber den mystiska sjukdom som härjade på Eur...

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DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing Shortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize Shortlisted for the 2018 Wolfson Prize The story of a visionary British sur...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Best Books of the Year, Guardian The poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgery From the momen...

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERBest Books of the Year, GuardianThe poignant story of the visionary surgeon who rebuilt the faces of the First World War's injured heroes, and in the process ushered in the modern era of plastic surgeryFrom the moment t...

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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris, read by Sam Woolf.In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed...

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DAILY MAIL, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017Winner of the 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShortlisted for the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize and the 2018 Wolfson History PrizeThe story of a visionary British surgeon wh...

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Edinburgh, 1878. A medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle squeezes into the Royal Infirmary's packed operating theatre, hoping to catch a glimpse of the celebrated professor whose uncanny powers of observation blur the line between diagnosis and...

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Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShort-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeA Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Publishers WeeklyA Best History Book of 2017, The Guardian "e;Warning: She spares no detail!"e;...

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A New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize | Named a best book of the year by The Guardian"e;Enthralling. Harrowing. Heartbreaking. And utterly redemptive. Lindsey Fitzharris hit this one out of the park."e; -Erik Larson...

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Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse. Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and ...

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From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about diseases that have shaped the course of human history.* "e;Chock-full of awesomely appalling medical history."e; -Shelf Awareness, sta...

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From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about medicine's most fascinating failures and dead ends. Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medici...

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From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about diseases that have shaped the course of human history. * "Chock-full of awesomely appalling medical history." -Shelf Awareness, starred review...

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"Livfullt En tidlöst fascinerande berättelse." The New York Times "Konsten att skära i kroppar är en enastående prestation en levande berättelse om en av historiens verkliga hjältar, kryddat med viktoriansk skräck." The Wallstreet Journal Den som ...

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