{"product_id":"basil-king-the-inner-basil-king-9781839671302","title":"Basil King - The Inner Shrine: The Bestseller of 1909","description":"William Benjamin Basil King was born on February 26th, 1859, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. \u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from the University of King's College in Nova Scotia, King served as an Anglican rector at St. Luke's Pro-Cathedral in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and then Christ Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter retiring from the clergy due to poor eyesight and a thyroid disease King took to writing. It was a very successful change of career and he achieved a number of best-selling works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis fourth published work was 'The Inner Shrine' and was originally published anonymously. It became the best-selling book of 1909. It related the story of a French-Irish girl whose husband is killed in a duel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis fascination with the spiritual world increased as he grew older and he wove it into the narratives of his novels. In 'The Abolishing of Death' (1919) King wrote about the transmission of messages from a deceased chemist. He moved closer to the parallels in his own life with 'The Conquest of Fear' (1921) which reflected his own struggle with ill health and his later spiritual growth, together with an explanation for his mystical approach to religious understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBasil King died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 22, 1928. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Basil King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839671300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839671302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bestseller Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basil King","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965324673279,"sku":"9781839671302","price":10.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a178f197-99b0-4a58-9162-acd67f26dfa8.jpg?v=1767279790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/basil-king-the-inner-basil-king-9781839671302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}