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Tuson's knowledgeable and lively text manages to encompass a great diversity of female experience; and the exotic element of the subject matter is represented in the large number of illustrations, many depicting conventional oriental scenes. * Jane Jakeman , The Times Literary Supplement *

Tuson's knowledge and lively text manages to encompass a great diversity of female experience; and the exotic element of the subject matter is represented in the large number of illustrations, many depicting conventional oriental scenes. Penelope Tuson, The Times Literary Supplement

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Penelope Tuson is an archivist and historian and was formerly Curator of Middle East Archives (India Office Collections) in the British Library. She later worked with the British Library's Consultancy Services, providing research and documentation services to academic and Government clients and subsequently joined the International Dispute Resolution Practice of a major U.S. law firm. She now specialises in collection development consultancy for libraries, archives and private individuals, while concentrating her personal academic interest on women's history. Her publications include The Queen's Daughters: an Anthology of Victorian Feminist Writings on India (1995) and Playing the Game: Western Women in Arabia, 1892-1939 (2003).

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