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Deeper than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, forgotten explorer
Jenny Balfour-Paul
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Description for Deeper than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, forgotten explorer
Hardcover. This intriguing odyssey, set on the edges of time, encompasses biography, memoir, detective story, travelogue and history to tell a remarkable tale of East-West connections and a mysterious love. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; BGH; BM; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 173 x 30. Weight in Grams: 812.
This intriguing odyssey, set on the edges of time, encompasses biography, memoir, detective story, travelogue and history to tell a remarkable tale of East-West connections and a mysterious love. The author's quest begins when the word 'indigo' draws her to the illustrated journals, now in the British Library, of Victorian traveller Thomas Machell. She finds her life to have striking echoes of his, not least travels to and within India, a career in indigo, and a passion for journal writing. She is also intrigued by his aspiration to write 'a novel in the form of an autobiography' and by ... Read more
This intriguing odyssey, set on the edges of time, encompasses biography, memoir, detective story, travelogue and history to tell a remarkable tale of East-West connections and a mysterious love. The author's quest begins when the word 'indigo' draws her to the illustrated journals, now in the British Library, of Victorian traveller Thomas Machell. She finds her life to have striking echoes of his, not least travels to and within India, a career in indigo, and a passion for journal writing. She is also intrigued by his aspiration to write 'a novel in the form of an autobiography' and by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Medina Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
813g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Newport, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909339538
SKU
V9781909339538
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Ref
99-31
About Jenny Balfour-Paul
A writer, artist, lecturer and intrepid traveller, she is author of two books on Indigo, and numerous other writings. Jenny was consultant curator for the Whitworth Art gallery's 2007 touring exhibition 'Indigo, a Blue to Dye For' and consultant for two documentary films. An Honorary Research Fellow at Exeter University, and a Fellow of London's Royal Geographical Society, ... Read more
Reviews for Deeper than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, forgotten explorer
The author's alliance with Thomas is an amazing and magical thing...this book must at all costs be read, because the author's voice - her passion and her mission - is utterly captivating.
Gillon Aitken, Aitken Alexander Associates A deeply moving, totally enchanting account of a great metaphysical mystery.
A N Wilson ... the story of a forgotten pioneer ... Read more
Gillon Aitken, Aitken Alexander Associates A deeply moving, totally enchanting account of a great metaphysical mystery.
A N Wilson ... the story of a forgotten pioneer ... Read more