Margaret C. Jones is a writer of feminist biographies, and her enthusiastic engagement with her remarkable subject shines through every page ... Jones is entirely successful in revivifying the “complex, enigmatic, multitalented woman” that was Amelia Edwards.

Victorian Popular Fictions Journal

Margaret Jones has admirably brought together the remarkable and varied threads of Amelia B Edwards' life in this greatly updated and carefully researched biography, a must-read for anyone interested in in this novelist, travel writer, and pioneer of British Egyptology!

Carl Graves, Director of the Egypt Exploration Society

'A beautifully written, well-researched, and an important recuperation of the fascinating life and work of the well-known Victorian explorer, novelist, and trailblazing queer writer, Amelia B. Edwards. You must get this book if you want to learn more about women's writing and travel.'

Mona Narain, Texas Christian University, USA.