Mary Anne Barker, best known for Station Life in New Zealand, looks back in 1904 over a life spent in the colonies. She recalls a gipsy’s fortune-telling in childhood, the New Zealand of the 1860s and the colony it had become, her years in Natal and Mauritius, and her husband’s work as a colonial administrator.
Witty, observant reminiscences from a favourite Victorian travel writer. Download the free EPUB.