This is the best book I've read this year; it is very unique. The Duke of Jervaulx is a mathematical genius --- and a rakehell. He's a regular in the scandal sheets of London. However, he suddenly has a stroke and winds up in a lunatic asylum. His family wants to have him permanently committed and wrest away control of his inheritance.
Maddy Timms goes to work at a lunatic asylum that her cousin runs that is considered ahead of its time because lunatics are treated with kindness and respect. The Duke is considered to be out-of-control and is being punished. However, Maddy, who has met him before, realizes that the duke is frustrated and offended by his caretakers. Eventually, she takes over his daytime care in the asylum.
This is 550 pages of unrelieved pressures on an ill man who is trying to re-establish himself as a sane individual. This is an amazing story.
Maddy Timms goes to work at a lunatic asylum that her cousin runs that is considered ahead of its time because lunatics are treated with kindness and respect. The Duke is considered to be out-of-control and is being punished. However, Maddy, who has met him before, realizes that the duke is frustrated and offended by his caretakers. Eventually, she takes over his daytime care in the asylum.
This is 550 pages of unrelieved pressures on an ill man who is trying to re-establish himself as a sane individual. This is an amazing story.
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