Lives of the Necromancers by William Godwin

Lives of the Necromancers

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  • Genre History
  • Publisher Cato Institute
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  • Length 231 Pages

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Lives of the necromancers or an account of the most eminent persons in successive ages who have claimed for themselves or to whom has been imputed by others the exercise of magical powers (1834) was English journalist, political philosopher and novelist William Godwin's final book. The book concerns paranormal legends from western and middle eastern history. In 1835 it was reviewed by Edgar Allan Poe of the Southern Literary Messenger.

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