{"product_id":"marianne-norths-travel-writing-every-step-a-fresh-picture-9781842467954","title":"Marianne North's Travel Writing: Every Step a Fresh Picture","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new collection of Marianne North's letters and travel writing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarianne North's Travel Writing\u003c\/i\u003e offers fresh insight into the pioneering traveler and artist Marianne North (1830-1890). Excerpts from her personal correspondence and passages from her published autobiography combine to produce a vivid first-person account revealing her interests, opinions, and experiences, along with all the pleasures and frustrations of prolonged overseas travel. Richly illustrated with facsimiles of letters and pen sketches she sent to friends, this book also features reproductions of her celebrated oil paintings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book relays pertinent details about North's life and considers her varied attitudes towards the people she met and the places she visited, including what her writings and paintings may suggest about her attitudes to empire and colonialism. The chapter sequence is chronological (from North America to Chile), with multiple trips to the same country grouped together and the relevant year indicated. A final chapter covers her English homes, particularly her London flat, which she felt was \"more like home than any other.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Botanic Gardens Kew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781842467954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Michelle Payne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271975895221,"sku":"9781842467954","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3918c316-adfc-4910-acc9-b1f10f89ac47.jpg?v=1699959292","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/marianne-norths-travel-writing-every-step-a-fresh-picture-9781842467954","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}