tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post5721335975638148393..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Into Africa - Joan LennonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-53882154801270774402013-01-05T20:32:28.779+00:002013-01-05T20:32:28.779+00:00Thanks for reading - she really was a corker!Thanks for reading - she really was a corker!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-88782133627099731222013-01-05T19:07:25.427+00:002013-01-05T19:07:25.427+00:00I'd never heard of Mary - weren't those Vi...I'd never heard of Mary - weren't those Victorian lady explorers terrific! Love the sound of the plantain warblers at dawn...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-70609261952991413472013-01-05T11:06:59.747+00:002013-01-05T11:06:59.747+00:00Thanks, Joan! Great post. I knew Ms Kingsley was a...Thanks, Joan! Great post. I knew Ms Kingsley was a heroine -but I never knew she was so funny! I loved the swearing leopard.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60154495653398169062013-01-05T10:48:53.509+00:002013-01-05T10:48:53.509+00:00One of my favourites of the women explorers! I hav...One of my favourites of the women explorers! I have never read her book itself, but did a lot of research for an article I once wrote about her for a children's magazine. This is a case of things that have to be true because no one could ever dream them up for fiction. Pity about her death from typhoid! :-(Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-57849656150326665322013-01-05T10:00:52.683+00:002013-01-05T10:00:52.683+00:00Love the description of finding posterity in a man...Love the description of finding posterity in a mango swamp. Now I must add "find out more about the redoubtable Mary Kingsley" to my list.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-61599231165315492262013-01-05T09:44:07.033+00:002013-01-05T09:44:07.033+00:00This is a lovely post and makes me feel dead nosta...This is a lovely post and makes me feel dead nostalgic. We lived in Nigeria when I was 6 till when I was 8 and my dad always told stories about Mary Kingsley and how she looked lions in the eye and they fled from her sheer daring and Britishness! Marvellous stuff.adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15826710558292792068noreply@blogger.com