by Michael Schmicker
I should preface this by saying I LOVE books about witches, mediums, and especially the Spiritualist movement from the turn of the century. So yes, I was predisposed to like the mystical “Queen of Spirits”, Alessandra Poverelli, and her loyal followers, and to root against those determined to underm...
Updated review 7-25-2015 *Won this book courtesy of a Goodreads giveaway sponsored by Michael Schmicker. So glad I won a copy because it was FAN-TABULOUS!* I also received a digital review copy from NetGalley. I'm happy to provide my review to each and all. Oh my! Loved loved this highly ente...
Interesting book about a medium during the late Victorian age and the efforts of scientists and the church to expose her as a fraud. This book is based on a real person, Eusapia Palladino, and it spiked my interest enough that I’ll be turning to Google to find out more about her. The narrator of ...
The Witch of Napoli is a fascinating look into the world of magic and occult. Based on a famous medium, Eusapia Palladino, from Italy in the mid 1800's. In this story the protagonist is Tommaso Labella, a reporter who spends time with Alessandra Poverelli on her travels as medium. She has been known...
Rome, 1918: The Great War appears unlikely ever to end, and the world grows weary. But Tommaso Labella, editor of the Roman newspaper Il Messagero, faces a more personal sorrow. He has just received the news that his friend Alessandra Poverelli has died of the tuberculosis that has plagued her for t...
In Naples, Italy at the turn of the 20th century, Tommaso Labella gets the chance to photograph the medium Alessandra Poverelli. Tommaso captures a photo of Alessandra levitating a table and Alessendra captures his heart. Alessandra's ability to levitate tables, produces knocks and become possesse...
Based on the life of Eusapia Palladino, Michael Schmicker's The Witch of Napoli tells the story of a woman who baffled science at the end of the nineteenth century... Read the rest of my review at Summer Reading Project.
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