Katherine Frank is a lecturer, acclaimed writer and biographer. Her most recent book is Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi. She has also written biographies of Emily Bronte and Lucie Duff Gordon. She is currently writing a biography of Daniel Defoe.
"Katherine Frank is the ideal biographer for this challenging subject... the story of a unique woman that has to be read, absorbed, devoured, to be believed. - Elizabeth Longford" 'This absorbing biography of Mary Kingsley provides a vivid portrait of one of the most intrepid female explorers of the Victorian age.' -Sunday Telegraph 'Frank grasps the wit and insight of Kingsley's prose, and allows her to speak with great sympathy in this excellent, highly readable biography of a fascinating woman' -- Jerry Brotton, BBC History, April 2006 BRITAIN-NIGERIA ASSOCIATION 'A brilliant biography of Mary Kingsley, one of that remarkable cohort of brave Victorian lady travellers around the world.'
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