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"[A] fascinating exploration of the life of James Barry, a British
doctor who, as [Rachel] Holmes shows, was one of the leading and
most controversial innovators of nineteenth-century medicine . . .
As compelling as the life it describes."
--"Publishers Weekly
"Freud would have had a field day with James Barry. . . . [Scanty
Particulars is] a fascinating depiction of the Victorian era."
--"Kirkus Reviews
"From time to time a truly original piece of research comes to
life. Scanty Particulars is not only a wonderful read; it captures
the essence of one of the most enigmatic characters of the
nineteenth century. The fabulous Dr. Barry is once again the center
of speculation."
--Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of" Georgiana: Duchess of
Devonshire
"James Barry is the kind of character you think must have been
dreamed up in an exotic collaboration between Joseph Conrad and
Oscar Wilde. Rachel Holmes's Scanty Particulars is admirable and
dramatic history, and suggests as well a subtle fable of
colonialism and its discontents."
--Ron Rosenbaum, author of "Explaining Hitler and" The Secret Parts
of Fortune
"At last, that fascinating but nebulous figure James Barry has
found the perfect historian. Impeccably researched and written with
spirit, Scanty Particulars is more than a biography of an
extraordinary person; it is an anatomy of Victorian sexuality."
--Roy Porter, author of "The Greatest Benefit to Mankind
"This clever and engaging book tells a fascinating story, and
raises some vexing questions on gender as the disputed territory
where physiology and ideology blur."
--Jeanette Winterson, "The Times (London)
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