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Verity Fitzhardinge Verity Fitzhardinge i(12889250 works by) (a.k.a. Verity Hewitt)
Born: Established: 12 Dec 1908 Glen Innes, Glen Innes area, New England, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Jun 1986 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory,
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon A Nice Quiet Tourist : Letters from a Journey to Afghanistan, 1966 Verity Fitzhardinge , Geoffrey Fitzhardinge , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2017 12889277 2017 selected work correspondence

'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 as the major part of the trip 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 of description. They give a fascinating picture of a part of the world which is now much changed. 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.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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