Mortal Secrets

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What to expect

'An unusually well-balanced and remarkably fresh account of Freud's life and work - in historical and cultural context - viewed from the perspective of our own troubled times, and with contemporary scientific hindsight' Mark Solms, author of The Brain and the Inner World

' Tallis makes Freud's life and the lost world of Viennese society vividly comprehensible . Excellent and entertaining' Amanda Craig

Critics Review

  • Frank Tallis’s lucid storytelling makes him an ideal guide in this dangerous but perennially exciting terrain

    Sebastian Faulks
  • Tallis makes Freud’s life and the lost world of Viennese society vividly comprehensible. Excellent and entertaining

    Amanda Craig
  • An unusually well-balanced and remarkably fresh account of Freud’s life and work – in historical and cultural context – viewed from the perspective of our own troubled times, and with contemporary scientific hindsight

    Mark Solms, author of The Brain and the Inner World

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