Mary: The Unauthorised Biography

First edition, first printing. xiv, 338pp, colour plate illustrations. In brown cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Colour endpapers. 8vo. Mild crease along spine cloth. A little toning on text block edges and page margins. In its original, illustrated dust jacket, very gently rubbed at corners and not price clipped. In this biography, Jordan puts forward his theory that the life of the Virgin Mary is an elaborate myth invented by the early Christian church to the interests of its male hierarchy and to disguise the pagan origins of the mother of Jesus.