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The Mesmerist: Number 1 in series

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The Mesmerist: Number 1 in series by Barbara Ewing

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By Barbara Ewing

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London, 1838: the controversial practice of Mesmerism, with its genuine practitioners 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 – and to finally look towards the future.

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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05 Jan 2016

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A good read. The author has researched the history of the period well. The story kept moving along & became a crime novel. Good descriptions of clothes & the conditions of the streets of London.

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