Through a detailed history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex, Charlotte MacKenzie explores the consumer revolution which stimulated the proliferation of madhouses in Britain during the nineteenth century.
`The work is carefully argued, lucidly presented and very well illustrated. It... furnishes a convincing example of the value of historical scholarship applied to a medical topic.' - Psychological Medicine
`This is an absorbing book and a scholarly account of the history of a small private asylum. I recommend the book without reservation to those with an interest in medical history, whether psychiatrists or not.' - The Lancet