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The shocking story of how the British government locked up thousands of innocent people – then forgot about them.
'Is there any miscarriage of justice more grievous than a badly framed law? The historian Sarah Wise makes a powerful case for the prosecution in The Undesirables, a staggering study of 1913's largely forgotten Mental Deficiency Act... Wise's book bristles with injustices.' —Sunday Telegraph, *****
'Social historian Sarah Wise has written an important, shocking book in The Undesirables: The Law That Locked Away a Generation… Wise throws light on a shameful national scandal.’ —Independent, Books of the Month
'Superb. The heartrending stories Sarah Wise has unearthed beggar belief… beautifully researched and truly compelling.' —Catherine Bailey, author of Black Diamonds
'You will have heard about Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries… How surprised would you be to discover that a comparable system operated in Britain during the 20th century?… Brace yourself for The Undesirables, Sarah Wise's sprawling, shocking study of the impact of the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act.' —The Times
'A masterpiece of historical research. Sarah Wise’s exposure of the ways in which we treated so many people a century ago, and still many in recent years, begs the question of who is the most morally defective.' —Danny Dorling, author of Shattered Nation
Sarah Wise is a social historian and visiting professor at the University of California's London Study Centre. Her previous books include Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England and The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum.
Her new website misssarahwise.co.uk lists the dates and venues where she will be speaking about The Undesirables – plus links to some of her other, shorter, writings and a list of her history and literature courses. Follow Sarah on Twitter/X: @misssarahwise