The famous photograph of the small girl surrounded by fairies, which caused such a sensation when it was first published in 'The Regular' magazine in 1907, inspired many imitations and was circulated around the world. The girl's name was Angelica Cottington, the only daughter of Lord Cottington of Bovey. On the death of her father, Angelica became Lady Cottington, and lived as a recluse on the family estate until she died in 1991. While some sceptics dismissed it as a hoax, the photograph was hailed in many quarters as the final, irrefutable proof of the existence of fairies.
Here at last, the way in which that first photograph came to be taken, is explained. Here also is a faithful record of many, more fairies who appeared to Angelica Cottington throughout her earliest years. The way in which all these remarkable impressions came to be left upon these pages is explained within this unique and remarkable book, and in a further batch of photographs which was later found under her bed. Lady Cottington also kept a detailed diary of her fairy sightings and this is faithfully reproduced here in its original position, alongside the pressings of the fairies themselves.
