The Stonehenge Letters. Harry Karlinsky

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       They look upon me as pretty much of a monomaniac, while I have the distinct feeling that I have touched upon one of the great secrets of nature.

      Sigmund Freud, Letter to Wilhelm Fliess, 21 May 1894

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

       Epigraph

Introduction: The Knäppskalle File

Part One: Alfred Nobel’s Last Will and Testament

Chapter 1. Alfred Nobel

Chapter 2. Lilljeqvist and Sohlman

Chapter 3. Nobel’s Last Will and Testament

Part Two: An Unexpected Prize

Chapter 4. ‘Frau Sofie’ and Countess Bertha Kinsky

Chapter 5. Stonehenge for Sale

Chapter 6. Florence Antrobus

       Chapter 7. The Secret Codicil

       Chapter 8. The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters, and Antiquities

       Chapter 9. A Sentimental and Practical Guide to Stonehenge

       Part Three: The Mystery of Stonehenge

       Chapter 10. Great Stones Undermined by Worms

       Chapter 11. When Stonehenge was New

       Chapter 12. Seaborne Stones

       Chapter 13. The Curve of Knowns

       Part Four: Deliberations

       Chapter 14. 10 December 1911

       Chapter 15. The Grand Hôtel

       Chapter 16. Trivial and Flawed

       Chapter 17. Albert Einstein

       Chapter 18. Dear Lady Antrobus

       Part Five: Epilogue

       Postscripts

       Appendix I: A Psychological Autopsy – A Diagnostic Listing of Alfred Nobel’s Dominant Personality Traits, Defence Mechanisms, and Primary Mental Disorders

       Appendix II: Acute Radiation Poisoning – Psychosomatic Variant

       Footnotes

       Bibliography

       Author’s Notes and Acknowledgments

       Sources for Quotations

       Also by Harry Karlinsky

       Credits for Illustrations

       Copyright

       About the Publisher