A Very British Cult : Rogue Priests and the Abode of Love, Stuart Flinders

A Very British Cult : Rogue Priests and the Abode of Love, Stuart FlindersNew Paperback A secluded country house. A rogue Anglican priest. Ceremonial sex and mislaid fortunes. This is the almost forgotten story of Victorian Britain's strangest religious sect and its wealthy, mostly female, followers who believed they could ascend directly to heaven. Henry James Prince was a rogue Anglican priest with a flare for the dramatic, and the founder of the Agapemone, or 'Abode of Love'. He also claimed to be the immortal conduit of

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