Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... A Curious Life for a Lady: The Story of Isabella Bird, a Remarkable Victorian Traveller (1970)door Pat Barr, Patricia Miriam BARR (Auteur)
Geen Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I loved this book about Isabella Bird, eminent Victorian-era traveler. I appreciate the work that historian Pat Barr put into compiling all of Isabella Bird's available letters and books, along with historical details about the places she visited. It was very engaging, and sometimes laugh out loud funny, from beginning to end. My copy (1970 hardcover First Edition) has many photographs, some taken by Isabella, and also drawings she did. Includes sources and and index. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Isabella Bird was a woman of remarkable gifts. In 1872, at the age of forty, this rather earnest daughter of a country parson abandoned the rectory nest and began her pioneering journeys to some of the most inhospitable corners of the world. Undismayed by discomfort or danger she was to spend almost thirty years travelling - to the Rocky Mountains, the Sandwich Isles, to Japan, Malaya, Kashmir and Tibet, to Persia, Korea and China - where an indomitable spirit, an unassuming cordiality and, above all, a limitless capacity for being interested won her universal welcome. Her accounts of her experiences became best-selling books and established for Isabella Bird a reputation as one of the great travel writers of her day. 'Miss Barr has her measure. She and Miss Bird are well suited. The style of both is fresh, energetic, visual, making an enchanting book.' Evening Standard 'Rich and riotous as her intrepid heroine moves at the speed of a silent movie through landscapes lusher than any technicolour.' Times Literary Supplement 'A rare book.' Sunday Telegraph Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)910.924History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography and Travel History, geographic treatment, biography - Discovery. exploration Geographers, travellers, explorers regardless of country of originLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |