Title: Shadows and elephants
First published: 2002
Description: "Based on the adventures of Madame Helena Blavatsky, the Russian-born seer notorious the world over for her claims to psychic powers, Shadows and Elephants draws us into the world of a free-spirited woman accused of being one of history's most accomplished imposters. Equally fascinating is her partner, a popular journalist based on the Civil War hero Colonel Henry Olcott.

Beloved by Manhattan society for mystical gatherings in their exotic parlor, they leave America amidst a storm of controversy, and set out for adventures in the Orient on a quest for the secrets of Eastern wisdom."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Journalists, Spiritualists, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Women mediums, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, Journalists, fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, India, fiction, Sri lanka, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, occult & supernatural
Places: Bombay (India), New York (N.Y.), Sri Lanka, United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: PS3558.O914 S53 2002