Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels: How the Two Lives of Grace Oakeshott Defined an Era
Jocelyn Robson
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Hardback. In 1907, Grace Oakeshott faked her own death by drowning. Aged 35, she left a marriage and a successful professional life in England and fled with her lover, Walter Reeve, to New Zealand. What prompted her to do so? Jocelyn Robson traces her life story through social, political and religious reform movements of the fin de siecle period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 35 black & white halftones, 3 maps, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 454.
In 1907, Grace Oakeshott faked her own death by drowning. Aged 35, she left a marriage and a successful professional life in England and fled with her lover, Walter Reeve, to New Zealand. What prompted her to do so? Jocelyn Robson traces her life story through social, political and religious reform movements of the fin de siecle period.
In 1907, Grace Oakeshott faked her own death by drowning. Aged 35, she left a marriage and a successful professional life in England and fled with her lover, Walter Reeve, to New Zealand. What prompted her to do so? Jocelyn Robson traces her life story through social, political and religious reform movements of the fin de siecle period.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137311832
SKU
V9781137311832
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About Jocelyn Robson
Jocelyn Robson has worked as a researcher and teacher in further and higher education and has special interests in women's history and vocational training. Raised in New Zealand and living in London, she is now a fulltime writer.
Reviews for Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels: How the Two Lives of Grace Oakeshott Defined an Era
This lucidly-written book ostensibly concerns, and resolves, the mystery of Grace Oakeshott's faked suicide in 1907 when she appeared to have drowned off the coast of Brittany. ... The author has written a readable and informative book which will appeal to those interested in local and social history as well as in, this often intriguing, biography. (Brian Lancaster, CHNSS ... Read more