The Complicity of Friends offers an entirely original perspective within which to appreciate four eminent Victorians. Herbert Spencer George Eliot G. H. Lewes and John Hughlings-Jackson. For the first time I clarify the nature of Spencer s illness and demonstrate i... Lees meer.

The Complicity of Friends offers an entirely original perspective within which to appreciate four eminent Victorians. Herbert Spencer George Eliot G. H. Lewes and John Hughlings-Jackson. For the first time I clarify the nature of Spencer s illness and demonstrate i... Lees meer.

One of Victorian England s most famous philosophers harbored a secret. Herbert Spencer suffered from an illness so laden with stigma that he feared its revelation would ruin him. He therefore went to extraordinary lengths to hide his malady from the public. Exceptional... Lees meer.