by Joana Amaral Dias · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896262006
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«Maníacos de qualidade» is the non-fiction book by Joana Amaral Dias, published by A Esfera dos Livros in paperback (395 pages, in Portuguese).
The author starts from cases such as that of Maria I of Portugal, who believed her body was hollow and even imagined the devil in the Sugar Loaf, to reconstruct the psychiatric consultation of illustrious Portuguese figures. The book combines the biography of these figures with their quirks and obsessions, and shows how the personal seeps into the history of Portugal.
The subtitle of the work is «portugueses ilustres na consulta com um psiquiatra»; it was published in 2010 and is classified under History.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of Portugal and the psychology of its famous figures.
