Sent to the Cape in 1861 in hope of easing her tuberculosis, Lucie Duff Gordon wrote home to her husband and family about the voyage, Cape Town, and months in the village of Caledon. She describes Malay, Hottentot and Boer neighbours, mountain kloofs, wild flowers and colonial manners with unusual sympathy and an eye for the comic.
A lesser-known companion to her famous Letters from Egypt, and a delight for readers who love travel writing in letter form. Download the free EPUB.