The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt
By (Author) Mary Russell
HarperCollins Publishers
Flamingo
7th September 1994
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Geographical discovery and exploration
910.922
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
175g
Description
What drew Annie Taylor and Alexandra David-Neal to Tibet, when it was still cut off from the world and so hostile to foreigners, and particularly female ones, that they had to wear male Tibetan dress for protection What did Hester Stanhope and Gertrude Bell, two such different women, find so compelling about the desert life of the East What possessed Mary, Duchess of Bedford, to take up flying at the age of 60 - or Naomi James to sail around the world, or Arlene Blum to climb Annapurna These, and other, accounts of women travellers experiences around the world are included in this book.
Author Bio
Mary Russell began travelling when she went to Lesotho to research her Masters Degree in Peace Studies. That was in 1981 and since then, she has travelled to places as different as Donegal and Dominica, the Sahara and the Finnish Arctic.
