{"product_id":"calling-the-spirits-by-lisa-morton-9781789146493","title":"Calling the Spirits","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Halloween expert Morton, a level-headed and entertaining history of our desire and attempts to hold conversations with the dead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalling the Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e to the emergence of Spiritualism - when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the séance was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong our cast are the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by 'spirit rappings'; Daniel Dunglas Home, the 'greatest medium of all time'; Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife; and Helen Duncan, the medium whose trial in 1944 for witchcraft proved more popular to the public than news about the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also considers Ouija boards, modern psychics, and paranormal investigations, and is illustrated with engravings, fine art (from beyond), and photographs. Hugely entertaining, it begs the question: is anybody there...?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868242989292,"sku":"9781789146493","price":52.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27993973482824.jpg?v=1759753746","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/calling-the-spirits-by-lisa-morton-9781789146493","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}