Some Recollections Of A Happy Life: Marianne North In Australia & New Zealand
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In an age when women were expected to remain close to home, Marianne North seized the world with both hands — travelling alone across continents and oceans to paint the flora of distant lands with breathtaking skill and remarkable scientific precision. Some Recollections of a Happy Life presents a carefully curated selection of North's autobiographical writings, chronicling her vivid journeys through Australia and New Zealand, capturing landscapes, people, and plant life with the same unflinching eye she brought to her celebrated botanical paintings. Edited by Helen Vellacott and introduced with a foreword by Daniel Thomas, this volume draws on North's original memoirs to illuminate a corner of her extraordinary odyssey that has long deserved closer attention. Beyond its biographical richness, this work stands as a testament to the Victorian spirit of independent inquiry, placing North firmly in the tradition of great naturalist-explorers while also revealing a deeply personal, witty, and at times irreverent voice. Her prose mirrors her painting — detailed, vivid, and alive with wonder at the natural world — making this an indispensable volume for admirers of botanical history, Victorian travel writing, and antipodean heritage alike. What emerges is a portrait of a woman utterly at home in the wild, and entirely ahead of her time.
Author: Marianne North
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In an age when women were expected to remain close to home, Marianne North seized the world with both hands — travelling alone across continents and oceans to paint the flora of distant lands with breathtaking skill and remarkable scientific precision. Some Recollections of a Happy Life presents a carefully curated selection of North's autobiographical writings, chronicling her vivid journeys through Australia and New Zealand, capturing landscapes, people, and plant life with the same unflinching eye she brought to her celebrated botanical paintings. Edited by Helen Vellacott and introduced with a foreword by Daniel Thomas, this volume draws on North's original memoirs to illuminate a corner of her extraordinary odyssey that has long deserved closer attention. Beyond its biographical richness, this work stands as a testament to the Victorian spirit of independent inquiry, placing North firmly in the tradition of great naturalist-explorers while also revealing a deeply personal, witty, and at times irreverent voice. Her prose mirrors her painting — detailed, vivid, and alive with wonder at the natural world — making this an indispensable volume for admirers of botanical history, Victorian travel writing, and antipodean heritage alike. What emerges is a portrait of a woman utterly at home in the wild, and entirely ahead of her time.