description: The fascinating and often humorous lives and adventures of five mystics, occultists, psychics, and curious people. Illustrated. Contents: Emanuel Swedenborg - life in two worlds; Johann Jetzer - deceiver or deceived?; St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi - she who got slapped; Hadrian Beverland - Lord of Zealand; Eusapia Palladino - queen of the cabinet; Index. Each chapter is given its own extensive appendix.
language: English
title: Very Peculiar People: Portrait Studies in the Queer, the Abnormal and the Uncanny
titlecomplete: Very Peculiar People: Portrait Studies in the Queer, the Abnormal and the Uncanny
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Kessinger Pub Co