Bookseller synopsis: The Salpêtrière asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad… Read more “#bookreview The Mad Womens Ball by Victoria Mas”
Tag: Asylum
Books about ~ Asylums
The Ballroom by Anna Hope 1911: Inside an asylum at the edge of the Yorkshire moors, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and… Read more “Books about ~ Asylums”