{"product_id":"the-life-of-isabella-bird-paperback-9781108028967","title":"The Life of Isabella Bird (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108028967","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Isabella Bird\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis life of Victorian solo traveller Isabella Bird reveals a remarkable and determined woman, who defied contemporary expectations.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna M. Stoddart (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108028967, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e516 pages, 38 b\/w illus.  2 maps\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIsabella Bird (1831–1904) was one of the most famous Victorian female explorers, and the first woman member of the Royal Geographical Society. Bird was recommended an open-air life from an early age as a cure for physical and nervous complaints. She toured the United States and Canada, Australasia and the Far East before her marriage to Dr John Bishop in 1881. After his death in 1886 she decided to become a missionary, and travelled to India and little-known parts of the Middle East. She then went to Iraq, China and Morocco. Each of her expeditions produced very successful books, many in the form of letters to her sister, beginning with An Englishwoman in America (1856); most of these are also reissued in this series. This biography by Anna Stoddart, who had known and admired Bird, was published in 1906 and depicts a daring, determined and perceptive woman.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Parentage and inheritance\u003cbr\u003e 2. First travels and publications\u003cbr\u003e 3. Edinburgh and work\u003cbr\u003e 4. In journeyings oft\u003cbr\u003e 5. The wide east\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'An taon bheannicht' (the blessed one)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Marriage\u003cbr\u003e 8. Loss\u003cbr\u003e 9. 'Through many lands'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Nations that sit in darkness\u003cbr\u003e 11. Public work\u003cbr\u003e 12. The far east\u003cbr\u003e 13. The changing east\u003cbr\u003e 14. Last journeys\u003cbr\u003e 15. 'I am going home'\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266018070808,"sku":"9781108028967","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108028967i.jpg?v=1694873523","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-isabella-bird-paperback-9781108028967","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}