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History of Delusions

The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

E-bok

Engelska, 2022

117 kr

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A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds. ‘An utterly engrossing book.'' ZOE WILLIAMS For centuries we’ve 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 wasn’t 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 France’s asylums.

History of Delusions

The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

AvVictoria Shepherd

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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124 kr

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A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds.‘An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMSFor centuries we’ve 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 wasn’t 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 France’s asylums.

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

AvVictoria Shepherd

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

219 kr

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A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers – the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.' Lucy WorsleyJune 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence, or ‘Stony Jack’ as he's better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud, a speck of gold catches his eye. A pearl earring tumbles into his hand, then another. A Burmese ruby follows; then Colombian emeralds, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite.Stony Jack has discovered the greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure.Diving into London’s bustling, sometimes lawless, antiques trade at the turn of the century, Victoria Shepherd provides a compelling portrait of the city at the height of empire. A thrilling ride through Edwardian London, from the marble halls of the British Museum to the East End's maze of tenements and alleyways, Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside oversees the transformation of the city into a modern metropolis.

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

AvVictoria Shepherd

E-bok

Engelska, 2025

146 kr

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A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers – the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade. ''What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.'' Lucy Worsley June 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence, or ‘Stony Jack’ as he''s better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud, a speck of gold catches his eye. A pearl earring tumbles into his hand, then another. A Burmese ruby follows; then Colombian emeralds, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite. Stony Jack has discovered the greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure. Diving into London’s bustling, sometimes lawless, antiques trade at the turn of the century, Victoria Shepherd provides a compelling portrait of the city at the height of empire. A thrilling ride through Edwardian London, from the marble halls of the British Museum to the East End''s maze of tenements and alleyways, Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside oversees the transformation of the city into a modern metropolis.

Bare Aether

AvVictoria Shepherd

E-bok

Engelska, 2015

29 kr

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New York society is too stuffy for adventuress Sable Tavner. So when she leads an expedition to the northern aetherite mines, she makes sure to get her fill of physical pleasure. She takes it wherever she can get it: banging in broom closets, rutting in alleyways, riding men in remote inns, sneaking off into the woods for a bit of fun. But soon, her not-so-discrete encounters get the attention of the expedition’s tight-laced young financier, who finds himself uncontrollably and distressingly lusting after her.Meanwhile, Sable’s twin brother Sorrell is ensconced back home in his inventor’s workshop, putting the finishing touches on his masterpiece, the Aether Mechanism. But his quiet routine is thrown into confusion when a famous courtesan arrives in his shop with a very unusual commission, and an enticing proposition….Enter a world of lust and adventure, stiff corsets that never stay laced for long, and the discovery of just how useful a well-oiled machine can be—in THE BARE AETHER!

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

AvVictoria Shepherd

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

134 kr

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A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers – the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.' Lucy WorsleyJune 1912. A pair of workmen deposit a heavy ball of clay in the antiques shop of George Fabian Lawrence, or ‘Stony Jack’ as he's better known. As Lawrence picks through the mud, a speck of gold catches his eye. A pearl earring tumbles into his hand, then another. A Burmese ruby follows; then Colombian emeralds, lapis lazuli from Afghanistan and turquoise from Iran; tankards; watches; topaz; amazonite.Stony Jack has discovered the greatest single cache of Elizabethan treasure.Diving into London’s bustling, sometimes lawless, antiques trade at the turn of the century, Victoria Shepherd provides a compelling portrait of the city at the height of empire. A thrilling ride through Edwardian London, from the marble halls of the British Museum to the East End's maze of tenements and alleyways, Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside oversees the transformation of the city into a modern metropolis.

Financially fierce Futures

Empowering Women to Build Financial Futures

AvVictoria Beale,Victoria Shepherdm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

237 kr

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History of Delusions

The Glass King, a Substitute Husband, and a Walking Corpse

AvVictoria Shepherd

Ljudbok

Engelska, 2022

289 kr

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The extraordinary ways the brain can misfire: Why would someone wake up and claim they’re Napoleon? Or why would they believe they have been turned into a wolf and demand to be fed raw meat?

For centuries, people have dismissed delusions as a problem for the shrinks to sort out in distant asylums. But delusions are more than just bizarre case studies. They tell stories of collective anxieties and traumas.

Examining the study and documentation of delusions over time, Shepherd looks at ten extraordinary cases of delusion from the archives. Included here are the paranoid conspiracy of James Tilly Matthews, an eighteenth-century spy in revolutionary France, and Madame X, who in 1923 demanded a divorce on the grounds that her husband had been substituted for a double. Also here are King Charles VI of France, who believed that he was made of glass, and Léa-Anna B, who was convinced that King George V was in love with her. A History of Delusions covers what psychological purpose these alternative realities might serve, given how common delusions are in the general population, and what wider societal stresses they might portend.

In this groundbreaking history, Victoria Shepherd explores delusions from ancient times to present and implores us to identify reason in apparent madness. Isn’t it perfectly understandable to believe you’ve got the wrong head when the guillotine takes the heads of hundreds every day? Who cannot sympathize with the man who believes he is already dead, when all his comrades died in the battlefields?

We all have it in us to become delusional. In understanding delusions, we come closer to understanding ourselves.

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History of Delusions

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