Lucy Atkinson Boeken

Lucy Atkinson's travel memoir offers an immersive glimpse into the Tartar steppes of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, reflecting her experiences from 1848 onward. The narrative captures the stark beauty of the landscape, the local climate, and the wildlife, while also delving into the customs and daily lives of the nomadic Tartars. Enhanced by illustrations and maps from her husband, Thomas Witlam Atkinson, this account serves as both an engaging personal journey and a valuable historical resource on a largely vanished way of life.

A recovered lost classic of women's travel writing: Atkinson travelled more than 40,000 miles through the unknown wastes of Siberia and Central Asia