Richard Sugg Boeken

Exploring the intriguing practice of corpse medicine, this book reveals how historical figures from various social classes used human remains to treat ailments ranging from epilepsy to cancer. Richard Sugg delves into a largely overlooked aspect of medical history, demonstrating that this phenomenon peaked during the early-modern period in Britain, challenging the notion that it was merely a medieval practice. Enhanced by a companion website, it serves as a crucial resource for those studying the history of medicine and early modern society.

Ranging widely through history, myth, literature and art, this new account of the fairy shows the terror lurking behind Tinkerbell.

Respected scholar Richard Sugg reveals the true history of vampires, exploring their cultural origins in a globetrotting tale of superstition, horror and strangeness. Sugg makes seemingly bizarre beliefs, practices and incidents comprehensible by showing in detail how vampires arose from a world of everyday magic.

Successful commercial pilot, Kirsten Davies has just fulfilled a lifelong dream of flying a World-War II P51-D 'Mustang' fighter. Sadly her perfect week flying from an Arizona Desert Airfield is cut short by a freak accident, which leads her convalescing in California.