Letters from the Cape

"Letters from the Cape" by Lady Lucie Duff Gordon

Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon was an English author who is best known for her published letters from her journeys around the world, most of which were sent to her husband and her mother. In this book, she narrates her experiences in South Africa. Written in a time when the country was much different than it is today, the book not only offers modern readers insight to the author's mind, but also to a South Africa of the past.