The Mesmerist: Number 1 in series

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.

Title - The Mesmerist: Number 1 in series

Edition -

Author - Barbara Ewing

ISBN 13 - 9780751537604

Imprint - Sphere

Publisher - Little, Brown Book Group

Date Published - 15/05/2008

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No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 199 x 133 x 24mm

Weight - 266 g

Languages - English