{"product_id":"9781782273233","title":"A Woman's Walks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA book of exploration and discovery, celebrating the 175th anniversary of The London Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom young men seeking outdoor adventure to intrepid ladies of a certain age discovering other cultures, Victorian explorers were starting to develop a more personal kind of travelogue. In \u003ci\u003eA Woman's Walks\u003c\/i\u003e, Lady Colin Campbell takes us on a voyage of exploration through her inner landscape - as well as through Italy, France, Switzerland, Austro-Hungary, London, and the English countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe books in \"Found on the Shelves\" have been chosen to give a fascinating insight into the treasures that can be found while browsing in The London Library. Now celebrating its 175th anniversary, with over seventeen miles of shelving and more than a million books, The London Library has become an unrivalled archive of the modes, manners and thoughts of each generation which has helped to form it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom essays on dieting in the 1860s to instructions for gentlewomen on trout-fishing, from advice on the ill health caused by the \"modern\" craze of bicycling to travelogues from Norway, they are as readable and relevant today as they were more than a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051941740784,"sku":"9781782273233","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782273233_p0.jpg?v=1763719040","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782273233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}