No Country For a Woman
The Adventurous Life of Lady Dorothy Mills, Explorer and Writer
$70.36
- Paperback
- Release Date
5 November 2026
Summary
Travel around the world with Lady Dorothy Mills in a globe-trotting story of cannibals and cocktails, from the Jazz Age to Timbuktu.
Lady Dorothy ‘Dolly’ Mills was a petite figure with a big personality, born in 1889 into the political and literary Walpole family. When she married a clever but poor army captain, her father disinherited her. Defying her background and the expectations of her sex, she became a renowned explorer in West Africa - she was the first English woman in Timbukt…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781837052691 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1837052697 |
| Author: | Jane Dismore |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 5 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘A fascinating and well-researched biography of a fearless woman, it combines history, adventure and romance. I loved it.’
– Lady Antonia Fraser‘Dismore takes the reader on a deeply-researched journey along Dolly’s globe-hopping ventures.’
* Geographical magazine Book of the Month *‘Lady Dorothy Mills trailblazed her own path as a explorer becoming the first English women in Timbuktu as well as travelling deep into Venezuela and Central Asia.’
* Daily Mirror *‘Mills was a pioneer, and those of us who have followed stand on her shoulders. It is hard not to like the figure who emerges from these entertaining pages.’
‘The chiaroscuro of the life conjured here – lustrous balls and leechy bogs – would make a fine film.’
* The Spectator *Jane Dismore
Jane Dismore is a biographer and history writer. Her books include:
- Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal among the Victorian Aristocracy
- Princess: The Early Life of Queen Elizabeth II (a source for the ITV and PBS documentary Our Queen at War)
- Duchesses: Living in 21st Century Britain (the first book to examine the lives of today’s non-royal duchesses)
She writes features for a wide range of publications and has appeared on television, radio, and in podcasts.
Jane is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the Society of Authors, the Biographers’ Club, and the Biographers International Organisation. A former teacher and practising solicitor, she lives in Hertfordshire.
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