England's lost Eden : adventures in a Victorian utopia
Hoare, Philip2006
Books, Manuscripts
In 1872 there was a bizarre eruption of religious mania in Hampshire's New Forest. Its leader was Mary Ann Girling, who claimed to be the female Christ and whose sect, the Children of God, lived in imminent anticipation of the Millennium. Through Mary Ann's story, Philip Hoare takes us deeper into the pagan heart of the New Forest.
Main title:
England's lost Eden : adventures in a Victorian utopia / Philip Hoare.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Harper Perennial, 2006.
Collation:
viii, 548 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780007159116 (pbk)
Dewey class:
133.9094227509034133.9
Language:
English
Subject:
Girling, Mary Ann, 1827-1886Mount-Temple, Georgina Cowper-Temple, Baroness, 1822-1901Mount-Temple, William Francis Cowper-Temple, Baron, 1811-1888Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Spiritualism -- England -- New Forest (Forest) -- History -- 19th centuryCults -- England -- New Forest (Forest) -- History -- 19th century
BRN:
12691