Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards

In Victorian England Amelia B. Edwards was an iconic cultural figure admired by Trollope and Browning for her best-selling fiction and by the wider public for her witty thought-provoking travel writing. In later life she became a celebrated historian bringing fresh understanding of the world of Ancient Egypt to a fascinated public and founding the Egyptian Exploration Fund (Society).<br/>This new biography uses previously overlooked sources to tell the story of her fascinating and unconventional life - her travels travails and feminist activism - as well as touching on her occasionally problematic views on race. In appreciation of a figure ahead of her time it examines her involvement in suffrage and animal rights societies as well as revealing new insights into Edwards' loving same-sex relationships with Ellen Rice Byrne and Lucy Renshaw. In doing so it reveals a versatile creative witty independent woman and a true pioneer of her time.<br/>