Victoria Shepherd

About The Author

Victoria Shepherd is the author of Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside and A History of Delusions. She conceived and produced the ten-part series A History of Delusions for BBC Radio 4. She has produced scores of documentaries and major strands for BBC Radio 4. She holds an MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia.

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Books by Victoria Shepherd

Stony Jack and the Lost Jewels of Cheapside

Treasure and Ghosts in the London Clay

By Victoria Shepherd

A thrilling history of mudlarkers, charlatans, experts and chancers – the underbelly of the Edwardian antiques trade.

'What a story! And how skilfully told! A tale about treasure, as twisty and thrilling as any of the adventures of Indiana Jones.' Lucy Worsley

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A History of Delusions

The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

By Victoria Shepherd

The extraordinary ways the brain can misfire

A curious history of the strange, wonderful and sometimes terrifying worlds created by our minds.

‘An utterly engrossing book.' ZOE WILLIAMS

For centuries we’ve dismissed delusions as something for doctors to...

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