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Title: Watch out--full of mistakes
Review: In the section of this book mentioning the English mystic Anna Kingsford (1846-1888), many mistakes are made.The author says Anna's father was of French descent: no, it was Italian descent.Anna's father died in 1865, not 1867, and she died in 1888 not 1885 as stated.Her collaborator, Edward Maitland did not call her a "blonde goddess", he said she had flowing golden hair, the envy of a goddess.Anna did not dominate or boss Edward Maitland, as stated by the author, who also gets page references wrong.My information comes from"The Life of Anna Kingsford" by Maitland, a source misquoted by Washington.I havn't the inclination to investigate further errors in this book, which must be many judging from the eight pages I investigated.The author sensationalizes much of his subject matter, to the detriment of objectivity.If you read this book, take care.
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