Eliza Butler, known as "Elsie", was born in Bardsea, Lancashire, to a family of Anglo-Irish ancestry.
[6] Her works include a trilogy on ritual magic and the occult, especially in the Faust legend (1948–1952).
The German worship of Ancient Greece had emboldened the Nazis to remake Europe in their image.
Her autobiography, Paper Boats, was published by William Collins, Sons in the year of her death.
In contrast, Marchand agrees with Butler in concluding that the use of classical Greece by 18th- to the early-20th-century German nationalism was a factor in the rise of fascist ideology.