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Jane Austen, the much-loved author of Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, was just 42 when she died. Do you know what killed her? The intriguing nature of Jane Austen's demise is just one of a series of sometimes famous, often bizarre and always memorable stories featured in What Killed Jane Austen? Why was Louis XVI embarrassed on his wedding night? What uncomfortable maladies plagued Napoleon during and after Waterloo? Did a standin take the rap for Rudolf Hess? Was Winston Churchill fit to rule? Why did Mary Tudor have phantom pregnancies and a deep voice? Have you heard about the Alabama syphilis scandal? What did the autopsy reveal about Lenin's mental state? Why did Freud dabble with cocaine? Here is a collection of always fascinating and sometimes gory anecdotes about royalty, quacks, eccentrics, reformers and pioneers, together with some astonishing tales of discoveries, disasters, diseases, addictions and obsessions.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins (Australia) Pty LTD
ISBN-139780732259587
eBay Product ID (ePID)89985071
Product Key Features
Number of Pages204 Pages
Publication NameWhat Killed Jane Austen?: and Other Medical Mysteries, Marvels and Mayhem
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMedicine
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorGeorge Biro, James Leavesley
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height206 mm
Item Weight246 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
Title_AuthorGeorge Biro, James Leavesley