Broadmoor Revealed : Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum (Hardcover)

from ChewDigest

This was great until it got bogged down with all the attempted escapes.

from Anntstobbs

This memoir traces some of the more colorful inmates of the famous institution for the treatment of the insane during the Victorian era in Great Britain. It is a very good read and very informative.

from nandadevi

Stevens is an archivist, and this very competent 'brief history' of Broadmoor is really an archivist's book. He has trawled out some genuinely interesting stories, and given them context in a very concise narrative history of the UK's premier institute for the criminally insane. It's the sort of ...

from stacy_chambers

An engaging, if not completely absorbing, read. Nice bibliography at the end. Stevens does a nice job evoking what the daily life of the typical Broadmoor patient was like during the Victorian era. It seems they were treated not only humanely, but well -- much different than the impressions I had...

from MissSokal

A really excellent book. The stories are well told and illuminate not only the history of the institution, but also the societal values and circumstances surrounding crime, mental illness, medicine, and to some degree philanthropy. Kindled my interest in the topic. I'll be looking for more, defin...