A Second Coming

by Richard Marsh

This mystery novel imagines the return of the Christ to Earth. He is now amongst the citizens of post-Victorian London, righting wrongs, healing the sick and injured and imparting wisdom, but surprising things happen when the Lord doesn’t match, or abide by, the people’s preconceived notions…

Genres: Classics

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Richard Marsh was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular, outselling Dracula six times over. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle in 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".

Reviews

[DW]

Jesus visits England and is called "Guv'nr."

[Antonio]

Strange book, but not badly written.