Books by Cave

What it's like to be hit by lightning or to lose your sense of smell? Have you heard about the woman saved by bee stings - or the window cleaner who fell 400ft and lived? Written for the Wellcome charity, these 16 stories explore the mysteries of the human body. Learn about everything from diets to allergies to baldness.

Dr Cave studies the relationship between the traditions of personal devotion in sixteenth-century France and the poetry which flourished. It was a poetry of intense personal commitment, often verging on mysticism and mingling of the sensual, the intellectual and the spiritual in a manner often thought typical of the baroque.