Marianne Brocklehurst

Daughter of Macclesfield's first MP, Marianne chose an unconventional way of life, setting up a photography business with her friend Mary Booth and travelling widely in the last three decades of the 19th century.

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Miss Brocklehurst on the Nile

Antiquities and crocodile hunting, dinner parties and smuggling. This is the engaging travel diary of the redoubtable Miss Marianne Brocklehurst, daughter of Macclesfield's first MP. She arrived in Egypt in 1873, hired a boat and set off on a 1000-mile trip up to the Second Cataract. As she progressed up the Nile, she visited temples, picnicked in tombs, bartered, sketched and shot. And laid the foundation of a fine collection for her museum in Macclesfield.

"A fascinating insight into the mechanics of the Victorian Grand Tour." The Spectator

"This little book is an absolute delight." Ancient Egypt

"Fit Miss Brocklehurst into your pocket for your next flight to Egypt." ASTENE Bulletin

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