Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Euro… Volume 1

Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Euro… Volume 1

Narrative of a Journey Overland from England, by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to IndiaIncluding a Residence There, and Voyage Home, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28\nAuthor(s): Anne Katharine Curteis Elwood\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108019163, 978-1108019163\nSynopsis\nDescribed by The Morning Post as exhibiting 'facilities of observation never before possessed by a European lady', Anne Katharine Elwood was the ideal narrator for an exotic and exciting travel journal. The first woman to travel overland to India, she acquired a reputation as a pioneer even before her diary was published. When it first appeared in 1830 this work attracted much praise from critics and the general public alike. Elwood's account introduces readers to locations, cultures and sights as diverse as the duomo of Turin, a picnic at the Pyramids, and the 'the private lives of Mahometan and Hind]

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