The Influencing Machine - James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom (Paperback)

London in the 1790s, Europe is in turmoil and war with France is looming. James Matthews, an Welsh tea merchant and anti war advocate who holds covert meeting with both the English and the French leaders. But Matthews believes that his mind is being controlled by revolutionary terrorists and a secret machine called the Air Loom. He is promptly declared mad and send to Bedlam. Here his delusions are celebrated as the most complex and bizarre ever recorded and strangely many of the incredible events he claims to have been involved in are entirely true.

General

Imprint:	Strange Attractor Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Mike Jay
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-907222-13-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Espionage & secret services Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-907222-13-8
Barcode:	9781907222139

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