Davenport Adams tells the stories of women who travelled far beyond the drawing room: Dora d’Istria, the Princess of Belgiojoso, Madame Hommaire de Hell on the Caspian steppes, Léonie d’Aunet in the Arctic, the Swedish writer Fredrika Bremer, the African explorer Alexine Tinné and others, drawing on their own accounts of hardship, courage and discovery.
A lively collective biography for anyone interested in women’s history and the age of exploration. Download the free EPUB.