England's Lost Eden
By Philip Hoare
2005
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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.
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Author
Philip Hoare
Author · 12 books
Philip Hoare is an English writer, especially of history and biography. He instigated the Moby Dick Big Read project. He is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton and Leverhulme artist-in-residence at the Marine Institute, Plymouth University, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2011.
