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Regency Science and Invention: Illustrations of Madness

By Anne | December 31, 2009 - 4:25 am |August 14, 2015 Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Science and Invention
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John Haslam, Bethlem’s resident apothecary, undertook the enormous task of cataloguing an unknown condition paranoid schizophrenia.  Determined not to allow the release of James Tilly Continue →

Tagged Air Loom, history of paranoid schizophrenia, James Matthews, John Haslam, Regency mental illness

Suzanne Enoch: London’s Perfect Scoundrel

By Anne | December 30, 2009 - 3:44 am |December 30, 2009 Authors, Book Review, Suzanne Enoch
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Mmm…and he is. Here is the back cover teaser: “The ton gossips call him Saint but Michael Halboro, Marquis of St. Aubyn, has well earned Continue →

Tagged London's Perfect Scoundrel, Suzanne Enoch

Julia London: The Book of Scandal

By Anne | December 25, 2009 - 3:03 am |December 25, 2009 Authors, Book Review, Julia London
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The title of this book sounds sooooo good.  In fact, I had an instant vision of what might be contained within the pages…heck, I should Continue →

Tagged Julia London, The Book of Scandal

Elizabeth Hoyt: To Desire a Devil

By anneglover | December 23, 2009 - 2:59 am |December 23, 2009 Authors, Book Review, Elizabeth Hoyt, New on the Shelves
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So here is one of those unhappy occasions when I stumble on to a book and discover its the final one in a series.  Drat! Continue →

Tagged Elizabeth Hoyt, To Desire a Devil
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