The Book of Phobias & Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions; Kate Summerscale
Hardback
Condition: As New
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Plunge into this rich, surprising and stunningly designed A-Z compendium to discover how our fixations have taken shape, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as bestselling author Kate Summerscale deftly traces the threads between the past and present, the psychological and social, the personal and the political.