This is a lavishly illustrated account of three centuries of Western women's travel writing on the East. Drawing on the superb collection of books and manuscripts in the Arcadian Library in London it describes the lives and travels of well-known women such as Mary Wortley Montagu, Florence Nightingale, Gertrude Bell, and Lady Anne Blunt.
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This is a lavishly illustrated account of three centuries of Western women's travel writing on the East. Drawing on the superb collection of books and manuscripts in the Arcadian Library in London it describes the lives and travels of well-known women such as Mary Wortley Montagu, Florence Nightingale, Gertrude Bell, and Lady Anne Blunt.
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Add this copy of Travelling to Better Purpose: Western Women Writing to cart. $242.68, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Oxford Univ Pr.
Add this copy of Western Women Travelling East 1716-1916 to cart. $244.34, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Arcadian Library.
