Birds of Passage

‘An important early female travel book and a delightfully colourful portrait of India in the late 18th century.’—Telegraph

Lady Henrietta Clive, a feisty, independent-minded traveller, married to Lord Edward Clive, son of Clive of India and Governor of Madras from 1798 to 1803, lived in Madras and travelled through southern India with her daughters and retinue in the aftermath of the war against Ti...