‘A brilliant cultural history … Scull’s book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read … outstanding’ The Times
'Perhaps the most comprehensive account of the history of psychiatry that has yet appeared in a single volume'
The Times Literary Supplement
'A milestone text … No other monograph has accomplished such scope, perception and balance in covering madness’s haunting, shifting presence in civilization’s psyche '
BBC History Magazine
'Powerful and disturbing … a panoramic survey'
The Sunday Times
'Learned, liberally humanitarian and wryly witty'
The Spectator
Format: Paperback
Size: 19.8 x 12.9 cm
Extent: 448 pp
Illustrations: 128
Publication date: 30 January 2020
ISBN: 9780500295632