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The Life of Isabella Bird: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Autor Anna M. Stoddart
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iun 2011
Isabella Bird (1831–1904) was one of the most famous Victorian female explorers, and the first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. Bird was recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for physical and nervous complaints. She toured the United States and Canada, Australasia and the Far East before her marriage to Dr John Bishop in 1881. After his death in 1886 she decided to become a missionary, and travelled to India and little-known parts of the Middle East. She then went to Iraq, China and Morocco. Each of her expeditions produced very successful books, many in the form of letters to her sister, beginning with An Englishwoman in America (1856); most of these are also reissued in this series. This biography by Anna Stoddart, who had known and admired Bird, was published in 1906 and depicts a daring, determined and perceptive woman.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108028967
ISBN-10: 1108028969
Pagini: 516
Ilustrații: 38 b/w illus. 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Preface; 1. Parentage and inheritance; 2. First travels and publications; 3. Edinburgh and work; 4. In journeyings oft; 5. The wide east; 6. 'An taon bheannicht' (the blessed one); 7. Marriage; 8. Loss; 9. 'Through many lands'; 10. Nations that sit in darkness; 11. Public work; 12. The far east; 13. The changing east; 14. Last journeys; 15. 'I am going home'; Appendix; Index.

Descriere

This life of Victorian solo traveller Isabella Bird reveals a remarkable and determined woman, who defied contemporary expectations.