An adventurous Victorian life across seven countries
Good Condition - Dust jacket has tears, chips and staining, with marks and former-owner writing on the endpaper otherwise good.
Betty Gilderdale follows Mary Anne Barker through a life that crossed England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Mauritius, Australia and Trinidad. Best known for Station Life in New Zealand, Lady Barker experienced rural pioneering, military outposts and the upheavals of an expanding British Empire while raising a family and building a career as a writer. Major events, including the Indian Rebellion and the Zulu Wars, shaped her personal circumstances and repeated changes of home. Gilderdale brings these different phases together to reveal a resourceful woman whose experiences became material for books for adults and children. The biography connects literary achievement with the practical and emotional demands of an unusually mobile Victorian life.
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