Livingstones
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She explores the places the livingstones knew as a couple and, above all, explores the detail of the life and family of this little-known figure in british - but not african - historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe was much more rooted in southern africa than her husband: he has a tomb in westminster abbey, london; she has an obscure and crumbling grave on the banks of the zambezi in a destitute region of mozambiqueher bravery, stoicism and african upbringing were critical to the early career of world-renowned explorer and missionary, david livingstonein the thrall of africa, the author has travelled extensively over several years in the footsteps of mary livingstone, from her birthplace in a remote district of south africa to her grave on the zambezishe was the first white woman to cross the kalahari, which she did twice - pregnant - giving birth in the bush on the second journeyoxfam shop dumfries this is the enthralling story of an extraordinary and courageous womanyet she played an important role in livingstone's success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted africa are uniquein the history books, mary livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputation
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