Neiti de Taverney: Historiallinen romaani Ludvig XV:n hovista

An ambitious occultist blends alchemy, hypnotism, and a secret fraternity in a campaign to weaken royal power while seeking a purported elixir that demands a chilling human ingredient. His experiments awaken a noble young woman to distant-seeing trances, drawing her and her brother from their provincial home into the capital and the orbit of court life. The narrative moves through episodes of scientific curiosity, hypnotic visions, political intrigue, abduction, moral conflict, and judicial inquiry as alliances shift and hidden motives are exposed. Recurring concerns include the tension between mystical belief and emerging reason, personal ambition, manipulation, and the ethical costs of revolutionary schemes amid palace society.