Alanna Skuse

About The Author

Alanna Skuse is a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Reading. She has published two academic books: Cultural Constructions of Cancer in Early Modern England and Selfhood and the Surgically Altered Body in Early Modern England.

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Books by Alanna Skuse

The Surgeon, The Midwife, The Quack

How to Stay Alive in Renaissance England

By Alanna Skuse

Discover the remarkable birth of modern medicine... and how not to die in the Renaissance 'An entertaining history of medicine… Skuse brings a deep familiarity with the contemporary sources and a dry wit.' Dan Jones, The Sunday Times 'A richly researched and atmospheric history.' Wall Street Jour...

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