Book Cover

Birds of Passage: Henrietta Clive's Travels in South India 1798-1801

Contributor(s): Clive, Henrietta (Author), Shields, Nancy K (Editor)

ISBN: 9781906011376

Publisher: Eland Publishing

Binding Types:

$25.99
$38.94 (Final Price)
$37.74 (100+ copies: $36.99)
List/retail price:
$25.99
- +
Buy

Pub Date: March 10, 2026

Dewey: 954.0312092

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 8.50" L x 5.60" W ( 1.15 lbs) 338 pages

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: The travel journals of feisty, independent-minded Lady Henrietta Clive, that are among the earliest written accounts of India by a British woman.

Review Quotes:

'... an important early female travel book and a delightfully colourful portrait of India in the late 18th century.' Clover Stroud, Daily Telegraph

'Her journals and her almost daily letters to her husband ... give us a wonderful idea of life in India at the time. She is curious about everything' Sarah Anderson, Spectator

Product successfully added to cart!