Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind

By Antonio Melechi

Book Overview

Born of the so-called Victorian 'pseudo science' of mesmerism the s ance enjoyed a late 19th century golden age that ministered to the Victorian obsession with science religious doubt and entertainment.

Mediums psychics and somnambulists were investigated by amateur sleuths and by scientists like Faraday and Darwin; their performances imitated and exposed by magicians denounced by clerics satirised in the press. Yet the popularity of spiritualism and the s ance endured - and does so to this day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099478862
• ISBN13: 9780099478867
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Random House Uk Ltd
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 5.0"