TRAVELS IN WEST AFRICA (PENGUIN CLASSICS) (PB)

Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out alone to West Africa to pursue her anthropological interests and collect botanical specimens. Her subsequent book, published in 1897, has stood the test of time as a gripping, classic travel narrative by a woman whose sense of adventure and fascination with Africa transformed her whole life.