by Barbara Ewing · Sphere · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751537604
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«The Mesmerist» is a historical novel by Barbara Ewing, published by Sphere in paperback (399 pages, in English).
In 1838 London, Cordelia Preston, an out-of-work actress, becomes a lady mesmerist to escape poverty. Cordelia's success in Bloomsbury, however, depends on hiding a secret past. When a corpse appears in Bloomsbury Square, the fraud erupts into scandal and a hooded figure stalks Cordelia.
First instalment of the Mesmerist series. This British Sphere edition was published in 2008. The full title is «The Mesmerist or The Misses Preston, of Bloomsbury».
For readers of historical fiction and mystery with a Victorian setting and gothic atmosphere.
Barbara Ewing is a New Zealand actress, playwright and novelist based in the UK. In the 1980s Ewing played the character Agnes Fairchild in British comedy series Brass. Ewing's novel The Petticoat Men was shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Award in 2015.
