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Ladies of the Grand Tour
by: Brian Dolan

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 941
EAN: 9780007105335
ISBN: 0007105339
Label: Flamingo
Manufacturer: Flamingo
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: June 05, 2002
Publisher: Flamingo
Studio: Flamingo
Sales Rank: 119993

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - why did it take so long for these stories to be told?
I like reading history books and this was one of the most interesting I have read for a while, but I am left wondering just how many more interesting voices from the past are left untold. This book, which explains how and why a number of different women from the eighteenth century were able to travel abroad, I think does well to cover a good sampling of lost experiences (some told here in more depth than others, which I prefer since they offer fascinating 'mini stories'), but I'm left wondering how many others were able to travel and explore different customs and people. Real history, I guess, does not have all the answers, but if there are more women like Mary Berry (a woman who took charge of her fathers and sisters life and convinced them ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Riveting and relevant, a series of stories well told.
I found this a refreshing book--for me it captures the excitement and stimulation of travel without at all diminishing the intellectual or emotional consequences of it. The desires these women had to travel and their commitment to do so make it a compelling, if also sometimes racy, read.

 



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