Incidents in My Life Second Series Home Paperback 9781108025959 Volume 2

Incidents in My LifeSecond Series\nAuthor(s): Daniel Dunglas Home\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108025959, 978-1108025959\nSynopsis\nIn 1872, D. D. Home [tel], the famous spiritualist and medium, published this sequel to his controversial autobiography Incidents in My Life [tel]. In it, Home responds to the criticism levelled at him by reviewers, sceptics and detractors including William Thackeray and Robert Browning. He describes his expulsion from Rome in 1864 owing to the authorities' fear of 'sorcery', opposition from French and American clergy in 1865, a visit to Russia, and the opening of the 'Spiritual Athenaeum' in London in 1867. He also reports numerous sances and spiritual manifestations. The book ends with documents relating to an 1868 lawsuit over a large sum of money given to Home by a wealthy widow, Jane Lyon. Although a promised third volume never appeared, the present book .