The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

`Splendid ... A tightly packed, fast-moving catalogue of the women who, through the ages, have proved themselves as explorers, aeronauts, sailors and missionaries ... an inspiring and joyful book ... The shining moral is that it is not inevitable that men should have the adventures while women stay at home' Libby Purves

Some of the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken have been made by women. In The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt Mary Russell provides a fascinating, highly entertaining account of the most intrepid and adventurous exploits recorded by women and investigates what made them abandon the comfort and safety of home for the risks and dangers of the unknown.

`Relish Mary Russell's The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt, filled with female travellers such as Meta Brevoort, searching among Alpine boulders for her skirt, temporarily discarded, so she might put it on over her knickerbockers and descend respectably; or Christina Dodwell, chewing garlic to dissuade the libidinous captain of the African river boat on which she was stranded; or Annie Taylor, distributing evangelical tracts at the Kum Bum annual butter fair in Tibet' Observer

`An impressive compendium of female achievement ... An absorbing account full of engaging incidents, crisply related ... veryentertaining' John Ure, TLS

`An enthusiastic record ... Mary Russell's interest is genuine and this book is assured of many eager readers' Dervla Murphy, Sunday Times