Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
25 June 2020
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Synopsis
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is a wonderfully entertaining autobiography by Mary Seacole - nurse, entrepreneur and intrepid traveller. Soon to be a major motion picture starring GuGu Mbatha-Raw.
Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a...
Details
25 June 2020
208 pages
9781529040326
Imprint: Macmillan Collector's Library
Reviews
There is distressingly little black prose of consequence to be found in the English canon before the 20th century. Mary Seacole stands out as a gloriously entertaining exception, a Caribbean witness to the black experience in the Victorian age who deserves to be much better knownRobert McCrum, ‘The 100 best nonfiction books’, Guardian
Traveller, entrepreneur, healer and woman of colour, Mary Seacole is a singular and fascinating figureJan Marsh, Independent