{"product_id":"a-history-of-delusions-the-glass-king-a-substitute-husband-and-a-walking-corpse-9780861545308","title":"A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe extraordinary ways the brain can misfire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating and compassionate' Horatio Clare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe King of France - thinking he was made of glass - was terrified he might shatter...and he wasn't alone.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAfter the Emperor met his end at Waterloo, an epidemic of Napoleons piled into France's asylums.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThroughout the nineteenth century, dozens of middle-aged women tried to convince their physicians that they were, in fact, dead.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ONEWorld Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780861545308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.10w x 0.88d","brand":"Victoria Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42875168587957,"sku":"9780861545308","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fccee54d-7694-4b6c-984e-eac3aacaca5d.jpg?v=1684813779","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-history-of-delusions-the-glass-king-a-substitute-husband-and-a-walking-corpse-9780861545308","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}