Episode 3
Mary Livingstone suffered the hardship of crossing the Kalahari pregnant, and with her young children in tow, in the wake of her explorer husband. From December 2012.
Written by Julie Davidson.
Read by Tamara Kennedy.
Scottish journalist and writer Julie Davidson travels through Southern Africa in the footsteps of Mary Livingstone: the courageous and stoical wife of renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone.
In today's episode, the dangers and hardships of being a Victorian missionary wife are revealed in an account of a journey through the Kalahari Desert made by Mary Livingstone (heavily pregnant and with two young children in tow) in the wake of her explorer husband. David.
Abridged by Laurence Wareing.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
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Wed 12 Dec 201209:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Thu 13 Dec 201200:30BBC Radio 4
- Wed 15 Nov 201714:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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