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Profiles Mary Kingsley's rise from obscurity in a bizarre English literary family to international fame as an explorer-geographer, scientist, and best-selling author of two books on West Africa
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"Katherine Frank is the ideal biographer for this challenging subject the story of a unique woman that has to be read, absorbed, devoured, to be believed."--Elizabeth Longford "A brilliant biography of Mary Kingsley, one of that remarkable cohort of brave Victorian lady travellers around the world." --"Britain-Nigeria Association""
*Katherine Frank is the ideal biographer for this challenging subject the story of a unique woman that has to be read, absorbed, devoured, to be believed.*--Elizabeth Longford *A brilliant biography of Mary Kingsley, one of that remarkable cohort of brave Victorian lady travellers around the world.* --Britain-Nigeria Association"
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*Katherine Frank is the ideal biographer for this challenging subject the story of a unique woman that has to be read, absorbed, devoured, to be believed.*--Elizabeth Longford *A brilliant biography of Mary Kingsley, one of that remarkable cohort of brave Victorian lady travellers around the world.* --Britain-Nigeria Association"
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- PublisherIvy Books
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0804105707
- ISBN 13 9780804105705
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