Undreamed Shores - Five Women Who Sought Out the World

The inspiring story of five women who set out to explore the furthest reaches of the globe and redefine scholarship.

About the author

Dr Frances Larson is the author of Severed, a Sunday Times Book Of The Year, and a biography of Henry Wellcome, An Infinity of Things, a Sunday Times Book of The Year and a New Scientist Best Book of 2009. She is an honorary research fellow at the University of Oxford.

Summary

The inspiring story of five women who set out to explore the furthest reaches of the globe and redefine scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Frances Larson, Frances Larson
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781783783342
• ISBN: 978-1-78378-334-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 247 g
• Illustrations: Maps; integrated b&w images
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Collected biographies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General