http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/frances_wilson en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/02/women-appignanesi-mad-sad http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/02/women-appignanesi-mad-sad Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Frances Wilson Mad, Bad and Sad: a History of Women and the Mind Doctors from 1800 to the Present Lisa Appignanesi Virago, 560pp, £20

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/10/bright-young-taylor-parties http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/10/bright-young-taylor-parties Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMT Frances Wilson Bright Young People: the Rise and Fall of a Generation, 1918 - 1940 D J Taylor Chatto & Windus, 336pp, £20

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]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200609110048 http://www.newstatesman.com/200609110048 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:00:00 GMT Frances Wilson The Good Old Days: crime, murder and mayhem in Victorian London Gilda O'Neill Viking, 286pp, £16.99 ISBN 0670915459

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]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200601230049 http://www.newstatesman.com/200601230049 Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT Frances Wilson Frances Wilson, a judge for this year's Whitbread, argues that the really scandalous thing about literary prizes is that they insist on rewarding writers for virtue

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