The Mesmerist

by Barbara Ewing | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780751537604 Global Overview for this book
Registered by spiderchic of Droylsden, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on 3/28/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by spiderchic from Droylsden, Greater Manchester United Kingdom on Saturday, March 28, 2009
'London, 1838. The controversial practice of Mesmerism, with its genuine practicioners and its fraudulent chancers, has hypnotised the city. Miss Cordelia Preston, a beautiful, ageing, out-of-work actress terrified of returning to the poverty of her childhood, suddenly emerges as a Lady Phreno-Mesmerist. In her candle-lit Bloomsbury basement she learns to harness her talent - in completely unexpected ways.
But success is fragile when you have a past filled with secrets. On a wintry, moonlit night a body is found in Bloomsbury Square, and what began as an audacious subterfuge erupts into a scandal. Cordelia's past is revealed, bringing not only heartache but terror - and the mystery of a cloaked figure who waits for her in the shadowy London streets.'

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