Mollie Molesworth was a very talented painter who died in a car accident in India when she was only 28 years old. The diary she made of a journey from Srinagar to Leh, the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh in 1929, is a beautiful legacy she left with many delightful watercolours that show her great skill as a painter. The diary was kept by her family for many years before it was finally published.