The Witch of Napoli

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The Witch of Napoli

Italy 1899: Fiery-tempered, seductive, medium Alessandra Poverelli levitates a table at a Spiritualist sÃ©ance in Naples. A reporter photographs the miracle, and wealthy, skeptical, Jewish psychiatrist Camillo Lombardi arrives in Naples to investigate. When she materializes the ghost of his dead mother, he risks his reputation and fortune to finance a tour of the Continent, challenging the scientific and academic elite of Europe to test Alessandraâ€™s mysterious powers. She will help him rewrite Science. His fee will help her escape her sadistic husband Pigotti and start a new life in Rome. Newspapers across Europe trumpet her Cinderella story and baffling successes, and the public demands to know â€“ does the â€œQueen of Spiritsâ€ really have supernatural powers? Nigel Huxley is convinced sheâ€™s simply another vulgar, Italian trickster. The icy, aristocratic detective for Englandâ€™s Society for the Investigation of Mediums launches a plot to trap and expose her. Meanwhile, the Vatican is quietly digging up her childhood secrets, desperate to discredit her supernatural powers; her abusive husband Pigotti is coming to kill her; and the tarot cards predict catastrophe. Inspired by the true-life story of controversial Italian medium Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918), The Witch of Napoli masterfully resurrects the bitter,19th-century battle between Science and religion over the possibility of an afterlife, while earning praise from Kirkus Reviews as an "enchanting and graceful narrative that absorbs readers from the first page." In March 2015, The Witch of Napoli" became an Amazon Top 100 paid bestseller. It is also a 2015 BRAG Medallion Award winner in Historical Fiction. Michael Schmicker is an investigative journalist and co-author of The Gift: ESP: The Extraordinary Experiences of Ordinary People (St. Martinâ€™s Press). He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Country	USA
Author	Michael Schmicker
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780990949008
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Palladino Books
Manufacturer	Palladino Books
NumberOfPages	350
PublicationDate	2015-01-02
Publisher	Palladino Books
ReleaseDate	2015-01-02
Studio	Palladino Books

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