Octavia Daughter of God by Shaw Jane - 2011

Yale Univ. Press, 2011. First Edition. . Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavia Daughter of God by Shaw Jane signed Yale Univ. Press, 2011, lst. ISBN: 9780300176155 Hardback in good+ condition with good+ dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover is clean as is dust jacket both showing little if any signs of wear appears new, inscribed by Shaw. This is the story of the Panaca Society established by a group of women in England to cope with the grief of WWI. Mabel Barltrop a vicar's widow was the founder of this group. Better known to her friends as Octavia she believed she was a daughter of God sent to build a New Jerusalem in England. Based on interviews with the last living members of the group, this is the story of her life's work. Program from Shaw lecture on Octavia, notes, bibliography, index,398 pages.