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A brilliant and mind-bending exploration of brainwashing and thought control

About the Author

Daniel Pick is a psychoanalyst, historian, university teacher, writer and occasional broadcaster. He is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and author of several books on modern cultural history, psychoanalysis, and the history of the human sciences.

Reviews

Praise for Rome or Death:

'Pick scrupulously examines the scientific background to Garibaldi's obsession ... stimulating, often ingenious approach ... a clever and illuminating study' - Independent on Sunday

'Tremendous ... Pick tells the story of Garibaldi's failed Tiber venture with flair, mingling psychological speculation with biography and history' - Sunday Telegraph

'A fascinating dissection of a slice of European history' - Economist

'A fascinating exploration' - Daily Telegraph