The Seven Lives of Lady Barker : Author of Station Life in New Zealand

Second Hand

Excellent Condition

Providing a personal perspective of domestic life in the 19th century, this fascinating biography of Lady Barker sheds light on a Victorian author, Anne Stewart, who lived in England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Mauritius, Australia, and Trinidad through the course of her life.

Illustrating the trials and tribulations of being a female author during that period of time, this volume also demonstrates how Anne's life was impacted by momentous historical events, such as the Indian Mutiny and the Zulu Wars.

The only biography on Anne Stewart, it reveals the female perspective of what it meant to be a wife and mother during the greatest expansion of the British Empire.