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Nelson, Hitler and Diana: Studies in Trauma and Celebrity
Author(s): Richard D. Ryder (Author)
- Publisher: Imprint Academic
- Publication Date: 1 July 2009
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 150 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845401662
- ISBN-13: 9781845401665
Book Description
Clinical psychologist Richard Ryder approaches three iconic celebrities — Horatio Nelson, Adolph Hitler, and Diana Princess of Wales — as though they were his patients and presents a short psycho-biography of each. Beneath their obvious differences he finds striking similarities in their backgrounds and early experience, especially being deprived of their mothers’ love. In a short Epilogue the author asks what lessons might be learned for the future from these three famous figures of the past.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This is a very nicely easy-to-read study in to the psychology of three people. The science here is very well done… a good first look for me at that discipline, and it is certainly recommended for those who might be similarly interested.”
— John Lloyd Published On: 2009-06-04
