Buy this book on-line Allen, Alexandra : Travelling LadiesJupiter Books, London, 1980 ISBN 0906379164
Alexandra Allen traces the careers of eight remarkable ladies who flouted convention in search of knowledge, spiritual fulfillment or romance: May French Sheldon trekked across Africa, Kate Marsden visited isolated leper colonies in Siberia, Alexandra David-Neel spent fourteen years in Tibet, Daisy Bates spent most of her life in the study and care of the Australian aborigines ., Jane Digby el Mesrab traveleld across Europe in search of love.before she found happiness as the wife of a Bedouin sheikhin Damascus" Mildred Cable and Evangeline and Francesca French went as missionaries across the Gobi Desert, Isabella Bishop travelled the world from the Rockies to Asia and Marianne North painted tropical flowers wherever she went (on display at Kew) 266p plates [Toronto, ON, Canada]. Book. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: As New Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Allen, Alexandra : Travelling Ladies. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. |