10871 Science First edition signed by author

First edition signed by author

Primary sources reveal the public careers and private lives of rising gentry in Restoration and early Hanoverian England

White DJ is present but split

Hugh Cecil and more

Illustration on opening chapter

10871 Science First edition signed by authorThis heroine from the late Victorian period is largely unknown in the US, but a famous and unforgettable model for English children. She came from a bizarre literary family and rose to international celebrity as an explorer geographer, scientist, and best selling author of two travel books about West Africa. She traveled alone. Her adventures included falling to a 20 foot elephant trap lined with spkes, releasing a leopard from a trap, running the