The Stolen Woman: Florence Baker's Extraordinary Life from the Harem to the Heart of Africa by Pat Shipman
The Stolen Woman: Florence Baker's Extraordinary Life from the Harem to the Heart of Africa
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Pat Shipman
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The Stolen Woman: Florence Baker's Extraordinary Life from the Harem to the Heart of Africa

Pat Shipman

428 pages • first pub 2004 (view editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous reflective slow-paced
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Pat Shipman tells the story of Lady Florence Baker, a Hungarian who lived in a Turkish harem until sold at auction to her future husband, the explorer Sam Baker. Together they travelled to Africa and discovered the source of the Nile, experiencing...

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