Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
1 ‘A Most Excellent Reason’
2 Pilgrims to Freedom
3 Flights of Fancy
4 At Sea
5 Reaching the Summit
6 Queens of the Desert
7 To Follow or to Lead?
8 A Question of Duty
9 Escape or Compromise?
10 Risks and Dangers
11 Survival Strategies
12 ‘Merely Feminine Curiosity’
Epilogue ‘The Will of a Woman’
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Some works by women travellers
Copyright
About the Publisher
