Britannia's Daughters: Women of the British Empire (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Britannia's Daughters Examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. This title draws on a range of sources, including diaries and letters home. It provides a panoramic picture of the countless women who departed Britain for India, Australia, the Far East, Canada and Africa - often in search of opportunities unavailable at home.
Full description- Publisher: PIMLICO
- Published: 05 December 2006
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Gender Studies: Women | General & World History | British & Irish History
- ISBN 13: 9781845950187 ISBN 10: 1845950186
- Sales rank: 315,866
Full description for Britannia's Daughters
In Britannia's Daughters, bestselling novelist Joanna Trollope examines the contribution of women in building and sustaining the British Empire. She draws on a vast range of sources, including diaries and letters home. She provides a panoramic picture of the countless women who departed Britain for India, Australia, the Far East, Canada and Africa - often in search of opportunities unavailable at home. Here are penniless pioneers and governors' wives, missionaries and prostitutes, explorers and army nurses. They people this book as they peopled the Empire - their astonishing courage and endurance, their remarkable personal stories vividly and enthrallingly recaptured.
