Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Maxine Eziefula, 2022.
Collation:
279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Who was Mary? - - The books: why? What? When? Where? How? - - The books: consolidating faith - - The books: questioning faith - - The gardens - - Woman amongst women - - Suffocation.
Summary:
Victorian aristocrat Mary, Marchioness of Huntly found royal balls and London society "suffocating". A woman of fierce intellect, she shied away from the limelight, finding her oxygen in the emerging streams of thinking of her time; on Christianity, nature and botany, and the role of women. Mary wrote in her diary nearly every day of her life from the age of ten, leaving behind an account of her lifetime's reading and response to it that appears to be unsurpassed among Victorian diaries. Through her scholarly analysis of Mary's diaries and literature, Dr Eziefula offers fascinating insight into the Victorian worldview, enabling the reader to join the intellectual and spiritual journey of an exceptional mind.
ISBN:
9781739589509 (pbk)
Bookmark Link:
https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/KIDS/BIBENQ?BRN=3816231
