The Last Asylum
Download or Read eBook The Last Asylum PDF written by Barbara Taylor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Barbara Taylor |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2015-04-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226273921 |
| ISBN-13 | : 022627392X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Last Asylum by : Barbara Taylor
Book excerpt: In the late 1970s, Barbara Taylor, then an acclaimed young historian, began to suffer from severe anxiety. In the years that followed, Taylor's world contracted around her illness. Eventually, she was admitted to what had once been England's largest psychiatric institutions, the infamous Friern Mental Hospital in London
