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STONEHENGE LETTERS EPUB ED EB
About this book
A remarkable new novel from the Wellcome Trust longlisted author.
While digging through the Nobel Archives in Stockholm, trying to figure out why his hero, Sigmund Freud, never received a Nobel Prize, a psychiatrist makes an unusual discovery.
Among the unsolicited self-nominations in the museum's 'Crackpot' file there are six letters addressed to Mr Ragnar Sohlman, executor of Alfred Nobel's will. Remarkably, all but one has been written by a Nobel laureate ā including Rudyard Kipling, Ivan Pavlov, Teddy Roosevelt and Marie Curie. Each letter attempts to explain why and how Stonehenge was constructed. Diligent research eventually uncovers that Alfred Nobel, intrigued by a young woman's obsession with the mysterious landmark, added a secret codicil to his will:
A prize ā reserved exclusively for Nobel laureates ā was to be awarded to the person who can solve the mystery of Stonehenge.
Weaving together a wealth of primary documents ā photos, letters, wills ā The Stonehenge Letters is a wryly documented archive of a fascinating covert competition, complete with strange but illuminating submissions and a contentious prize-awarding process.
But is this fact or is this fiction?
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction: The KnƤppskalle File
- Part One: Alfred Nobelās Last Will and Testament
- Part Two: An Unexpected Prize
- Part Three: The Mystery of Stonehenge
- Part Four: Deliberations
- Part Five: Epilogue
- Postscripts
- Appendix I: A Psychological Autopsy ā A Diagnostic Listing of Alfred Nobelās Dominant Personality Traits, Defence Mechanisms, and Primary Mental Disorders
- Appendix II: Acute Radiation Poisoning ā Psychosomatic Variant
- Footnotes
- Bibliography
- Authorās Notes and Acknowledgments
- Sources for Quotations
- Also by Harry Karlinsky
- Credits for Illustrations
- Copyright
- About the Publisher