Bøker av Alan Humm

"A dark hymn to pre-Victorian London in all its grotty glory." Nick Perry, author of The LoopCharles Dickens is a newly famous author and a man who has only just married. He thinks that he is about to become a father. Why, then, does he go wandering London after dark and why, under the influence of a famous clown, does he begin an affair with Sarah, a barmaid who works in a North London pub?While his own descriptions of sex barely exist, he becomes immersed in an affair so all-consuming that his life begins to fall apart. He takes to drink, he develops a liking for rough company, he even steals a necklace. Where will it end?During a Christmas entertainment held in his own house, Dickens, Sarah, and his wife edge towards a confrontation that has the potential to ruin him for ever.

Dr. Humm analyses early Christian prophetic activity seeking to understand the psychological states behind it. Assuming that the ancients followed the same patterns, most instances described in early Christian literature are reviewed and categorized.