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A nice quiet tourist, letters from a journey to Afghanistan, Verity Fitzhardinge ; transcribed and lightly edited by Geoffrey Fitzhardinge

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A nice quiet tourist

Verity Fitzhardinge ; transcribed and lightly edited by Geoffrey Fitzhardinge

letters from a journey to Afghanistan

Afghanistan in 1966 was a stable, independent and developing country. The letters published here record an extraordinary journey through that country by an unlikely traveller, a middle-aged woman from Canberra who was engaged in research on nineteenth century British-Russian-Afghan history. On a six-month field trip, Verity Fitzhardinge spent some time working in Indian and Russian libraries, but she spent several months in Afghanistan, during which she travelled widely and adventurously through the country. Written to her husband in a lively and conversational style, the letters are full of incident and description. They give a fascinating picture of a part of the world which is now much changed and they also provide an unpretentious self-portrait of a remarkable woman, independent and fearless but at the same time a warm and open-minded human being

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