Author: BIRKETT, DEA
Title: Spinsters Abroad: Victorian lady explorers
Description: London, Victor Gollancz. 1991. (ISBN: 0750937211) Soft cover. Book, What spurred so many Victorian women to leave behind the security and comfort of their middle-class homes to undertake perilous journeys of thousands of miles? This book draws on the diaries, letters and writings of more than 50 such women to investigate their experiences and aspirations. 30p. Fine.

Keywords: 0750937211 Women Travellers Explorers