Journalist, children's author and translator, Matilda
Betham-Edwards inspired a generation of writers. A correspondent of
Henry James and a friend of George Eliot, she belonged to a
literary network that spanned the globe. Published in 1868, her
account of her journey to the Sahara received immediate critical
acclaim for its graceful prose and intelligent insights. Leading
readers through the Dordogne to Madrid and on to the mosques and
malaria of North Africa, Edwards introduces her audience to relics,
landscapes and ancient edifices that reflect a wide spectrum of
religions and societies. A farmer's daughter, she pays special
attention to the living and working conditions of agricultural
communities and their struggle for survival in nineteenth-century
Europe. As one reviewer for the Examiner explained, 'stay at home
readers can hardly do their travelling by proxy more easily than by
running through her entertaining pages'.
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