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History
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486 pages, Paperback
129x198mm, Portrait
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ISBN-10: 0948695641
ISBN-13: 9780948695643
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Barbara's History
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The story of a spirited heroine and her growth to maturity through the love of an older man. Set against the background of life in France, Germany and Italy during the 19th century, the book was an immediate success when it was first published and established Amelia Edwards' reputation as a novelist. |
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| Amelia Edwards - Born in London to an Irish mother and a father who had been a British Army officer, Edwards published a variety of poetry, stories and articles in a large number of magazines and newspapers.
Her early novels were well received, but it was Barbara's History(1864), a novel of bigamy, that solidly established her reputation as a novelist. In the winter of 1873-1874 Edwards toured Egypt, discovering a fascination with the land and its cultures.
Having returned home, Edwards proceeded to write a vivid description of her Nile voyage, publishing the resulting book in 1876 under the title of A Thousand Miles up the Nile. Enhanced with her own hand-drawn illustrations, the travelogue became an immediate bestseller.
Related title(s):
Hand and Glove By Amelia Edwards
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