- Published: 15 October 2013
- ISBN: 9780099541868
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 496
- RRP: $27.99
Inconvenient People
Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England
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- Published: 15 October 2013
- ISBN: 9780099541868
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 496
- RRP: $27.99
Excellent
Kathryn Hughes, Guardian
A fine social history of the people who contested their confinement to madhouses in the 19th century, Wise offers striking arguments, suggesting that the public and juries were more intent on liberty than doctors and families
Sunday Telegraph
Action-packed and entertaining… [A] marvellous book
Christopher Hirst