Barbara Ewing The Mesmerist |
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Mesmerism, the genesis of today’s Hypnotism, is all the rage in England in 1840 and out-of-work actresses, Cordelia and Rillie, decide to set up their own fake Mesmerism business in London’s Bloomsbury, to keep themselves out of the workhouse. But Cordelia finds she actually has the Mesmeric gift - and then the past, and a murder, intervene... (Chosen as Westminster Libraries’ “ONE BOOK FOR WESTMINSTER.”) Click here to buy The Mesmerist on Amazon REVIEWS “A compelling storyteller, Ewing puts on a masterly performance in
recreating Victorian theatre land. Even when the body count starts to mount,
she keeps us believing…” |
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