Description: ANNIE BESANTA BIOGRAPHY by Anne Taylor Published in 1992 by Oxford University Press Judged by Beatrice Webb to the most outstanding Englishwoman of the years between 1875 and 1925, Annie Besant was by any standards one of the most remarkable woman to emerge from the Victorian age. In her long life Annie Besant embraced political, religious, and social causes with equal conviction and sincerity, courting ridicule and controversy by actively promoting unpopular ideas.In 1891 she turned to Theosophy and its eccentric prophet, Madame Blavatsky. Thereafter she divided her life between England and the Theosophical Society's headquarters in India. She joined the Indian National Congress and was interned in 1917 for her passionate advocacy of Home Rule. Until her death in 1933 she proclaimed the divinity of a young Indian boy, Krishnamurti, as the next World Teacher.In this, the first full-length biography of Annie Besant for thirty years, Anne Taylor draws on previously unpublished letters and reveals for the first time the full extent of the Government's alarm at Besant's commanding position in the crisis of 1917, and her bid for political and religious power in India. The book will be well wrapped and boxed and sent by recorded delivery. International postage costs by Royal Mail tracked: Europe - £20.00USA & Asia - £26.00Australia - £27.00*if the post office charges me less than the figure quoted I will refund the difference I've listed some other books with occult themes which may be of interest.
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Binding: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: India, Theosophy
Language: English
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Author: Anne Taylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year Printed: 1992
