Tabitha Stanmore is a research fellow at the University of Exeter. Love Spells and Lost Treasure (2022) is her first book.

'This is an innovatively conceived, well researched, and engagingly written book. It marks an extremely important intervention in the field of magic studies and presents not just a remarkable set of conclusions but also a compelling model for others to follow.' Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History, Iowa State University

• 1. Practical Magic: Practices and Demands; 2. Service Magicians; 3. Magicians in Society ; 4. Clients; 5. Magic and the Elite; 6. Magic on Retainer.

Tabitha Stanmore is a research fellow at the University of Exeter. Love Spells and Lost Treasure (2022) is her first book.

'This is an innovatively conceived, well researched, and engagingly written book. It marks an extremely important intervention in the field of magic studies and presents not just a remarkable set of conclusions but also a compelling model for others to follow.' Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History, Iowa State University

• 1. Practical Magic: Practices and Demands; 2. Service Magicians; 3. Magicians in Society ; 4. Clients; 5. Magic and the Elite; 6. Magic on Retainer.

Tabitha Stanmore is a research fellow at the University of Exeter. Love Spells and Lost Treasure (2022) is her first book.

'This is an innovatively conceived, well researched, and engagingly written book. It marks an extremely important intervention in the field of magic studies and presents not just a remarkable set of conclusions but also a compelling model for others to follow.' Michael D. Bailey, Professor of History, Iowa State University

• 1. Practical Magic: Practices and Demands; 2. Service Magicians; 3. Magicians in Society ; 4. Clients; 5. Magic and the Elite; 6. Magic on Retainer.