Mystic Life of Alfred Deakin

Alfred Deakin (1857–1919) is recognised as an architect of the Australian Federation and served three terms as Prime Minister. Though his life has been well documented, no previous biographer has studied the intense spiritual life of this would-be poet, preacher and mystic. Drawing from volumes of Deakin''s private journals and prayerbooks, in this 1993 text Al Gabay presents us with a complex man...