{"product_id":"a-history-of-delusions","title":"A History of Delusions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover how the King of France - thinking he was made of glass - was terrified he might shatter... and he wasn't alone...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUncover the peculiar case of the dozens of Victorian women who tried to convince their physicians that they were, in fact, dead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnd learn how after the Emperor met his end at the Battle of Waterloo, an epidemic of 'Napoleons' piled into France's asylums.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44596379025586,"sku":"9780861545308","price":315.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/417499_6691d40b2a4466.99517657_9780861545308.jpg?v=1721289691","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/a-history-of-delusions","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}