The Witch of Napoli, Michael Schmicker
The Witch of Napoli, Michael Schmicker
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The Witch of Napoli
A Novel

Author: Michael Schmicker

Narrator: Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/12/2016

Synopsis

Italy, 1899: Fiery-tempered, seductive medium Alessandra Poverelli levitates a table at a Spiritualist séance in Naples. A reporter photographs the miracle, and wealthy, skeptical 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 Alessandra'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: Does the "Queen of Spirits" really have supernatural powers? Nigel Huxley is convinced that she's simply another vulgar Italian trickster. The icy, aristocratic detective for England's Society for the Investigation of Mediums launches a plot to trap and expose her.

Inspired by the true-life story of celebrated Italian medium Eusapia Palladino (1854–1918), The Witch of Napoli masterfully resurrects the bitter nineteenth-century battle between science and religion over the possibility of an afterlife.

About Michael Schmicker

Michael Schmicker is an investigative journalist and a nationally known writer on scientific anomalies. Michael began his writing career as a crime reporter for a suburban Dow-Jones newspaper in Connecticut, and worked as a freelance reporter in Southeast Asia for three years. He has also contributed to Forbes magazine and the Wall Street Journal Asia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marie on February 16, 2015

Whether or not you believe in spiritualism, the paranormal or the supernatural, The Witch of Napoli– a fictional tale based on the real life controversial medium Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918) – is an enthralling read. Bewitched by the engaging characters, dramatic plot and masterful storytelling, t......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on January 19, 2015

The author, Michael Schmicker, investigates and writes about various paranormal activities, and he loosely based this novel on the real case of a particular Italian medium and some of the investigations which were conducted on her. This has become common recently, taking mostly obscure figures from......more

Goodreads review by Liza on January 09, 2015

Set in Italy in 1899, The Witch of Napoli is inspired by the true-life story of the controversial Italian spiritualist physical medium, Eusapia Palladino (1854-1918). Palladino’s expensive performances involved, amongst other things, levitating herself and tables, materializing; and communicating wi......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on January 22, 2015

A really well written historical fiction should send the reader into a researching mode, seeing what was act what was fiction. Here, didn't even have to look far, the author has considerately provided an afterword regarding the real life medium his title character was based on. I've long been intere......more

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