A remarkable story in the grand tradition of nineteenth-century romantic seafaring adventures, A Woman of Courage records the extraordinary journey of 22-year-old Rose de Freycinet, through her spellbinding letters to friends and family from 1817 to 1820. Refusing to face a painful separation from her husband, a naval officer appointed by the French government to command a round-the-world scientific expedition, Rose dressed in an officer’s uniform and stowed away on board the Uranie. Shipwrecks, disease, pirates, storms, near-starvation and picnics of penguin meat, strange customs, encounters with island royalty and travels to remote locations – all the ingredients of a great adventure, and all endured for love. A memorable story of an adventurous and spirited woman, this book includes beautiful colour plates reproduced from the original limited edition French publication.
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Woman of Courage, A: The Journal of Rose de Freycinet on her Voyage around the World 1817–1820
Translated and introduced by Marc Serge Rivière
ISBN 0 642 10767 X
Paperback colour illus. 239 x 199mm
215pp
Publisher: National Library of Australia 2003
Australia RRP A$34.95
Overseas RRP A$31.77
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