About the Author

Alison Winter is associate professor of history at the University of Chicago and the author of Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews

"Winter combines a flair for storytelling with a scrupulous attention to historical evidence, offering a history at once intellectually satisfying and, well, mesmerizing." -Publishers Weekly "A captivating inquiry into a bizarre and neglected mystical phenomenon." -Kirkus Reviews"