Eleanor Jourdain

Eleanor Jourdain

Eleanor Jourdain (16 September 1846 – 7 May 1937) was an English academic and author, who rose to fame following a claim that she and a fellow teacher had slipped back in time to the period of the French Revolution while on a trip to Versailles, called the Moberly-Jourdain incident. She wrote a book together with Charlotte Anne Moberly about her experience.

Literature

*cite book |last=Jourdain |first=Eleanor |title=Ghosts of the Trianon: The Complete "an Adventure" |year=1989 |publisher=Borgo Pr |isbn=0809571056

External links

* [http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/versailles.html The Ghosts of Versailles ] at www.museumofhoaxes.com


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