Victor Hugo Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo

Well, having read the reviews in several different places saying what a marvellous book this is, I went to quite a lot of trouble to obtain it and read it. What a `mistakka to makka' ( if that's the correct spelling!) Should have looked to see its origin really, having read other books from this Florida, USA based publisher. This actually says it all.

It is a fairly long screed dedicated mainly to Hugo's opwn vast vanity. He was indeed a great author but he was also known as a great egotist and I can only presume that this book was written to feed that vanity and egotism.

He was, apparently in touch with 'the otherside' (incidentally, I do believe in the possibilty of this) but his method of transcribing messages from there are absolutely ludictrous

It would have been absolutely impossible to have received such long and extremely complicated messages in the way described and even when it is further pointed out that Hugo trans-scribed them afterwards (sometimes this was done by his daughter, who, incidentally was later committed to an institution with a mental disorder!) I really do believe that most of this stuff came from Hugo's well known highly fertile and febrile imagination; never wishing to detract from his marvellous novels BUT these do show his great imaginative and sometimes very flawed genius.

Are we REALLY supposed to believe that Our Lord Jesus Christ, Hannibal, Emperor Napoleon et al came with all this, what I can only call, 'clap-trap'? I believe that the fact that he was obtaining great publicity and personal acclaim from his so-called spirit messages was the main instigation for this.

Sadly, therefore, I have to say that the book makes a not very good read, not even for entertainment value and as for being taken seriously, I DO NOT THINK SO! It certainly was not worth the money I paid for it. I gave it to my favourite charity shop - hope it does them some good, it certainly did not do anything for me, except make me wish that I had not spent £20 odd on it plus postage!