Spinsters abroad : Victorian lady explorers
Birkett, Dea, 1958-2004
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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 other writings of more than 50 such women to describe their experiences and aspirations.
Main title:
Spinsters abroad : Victorian lady explorers / Dea Birkett.
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Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2004.
Collation:
xi, 300 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989.Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-295) and index.
ISBN:
9780750937214 (pbk)
Dewey class:
910.820941
Language:
English
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BRN:
13987