Cheiro’s Language of the Hand

About this book

Mark Twain's palm, Sarah Bernhardt's hand, the lines of Annie Besant: Cheiro treats them as pages from a book of character and fate. For the celebrity palmist, every finger, mound and crossing line has something to tell.

Diagrams and illustrated examples explain the heart, head and life lines, the mounts and the shape of the hand. Cheiro's celebrity clients supplied memorable case studies, including prints and markings readers could examine for themselves. The pages give a picture of how palmistry became fashionable among public figures in the late Victorian period.