Ida Pfeiffer, who began travelling in middle age and twice went round the world alone, made her last journey to Madagascar in 1857, arriving amid the intrigues of Queen Ranavalona’s court. Her account, prepared by her son after her death, describes the island’s people and customs, and is preceded by a biography compiled from her own notes.
The final record of one of the most remarkable women travellers of the nineteenth century. Download the free EPUB.