A life of the indefatigable and intrepid Bird (1831-1904) who travelled in her mid-life to Australia, the United States, Hawaii, Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, and Malaya; later sh... read more
There was a bit of a gap between Anthony and Cleopatra's Nile cruises and the C19th heyday of purpose-built, shallow-bottomed paddle-wheelers. This book is about the latter - delicious trave... read more