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Other Title: Misses Preston, of Bloomsbury Pbk. ed Summary: In early nineteenth-century London the practice of Mesmerism is on the rise, with its genuine practitioners - and its frauds. Miss Cordelia Preston, an out-of-work actress, has turned herself into Lady Phreno-Mesmerist. In her Bloomsbury basement, she finds herself advising young women on marriage and, inadvertently, on the unmentionable wedding night. Cordelia becomes popular and rich, but success can be fragile when you have a past filled with secrets and loss. A body is found in Bloomsbury Square and scandal erupts as Cordelia's past is revealed in a coroner's court, under the full glare of the popular press New Zealand author