Flora Tristan Book order

Flora Tristan, an influential 19th-century figure, emerged from a challenging childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy Peruvian. Despite facing poverty, she dedicated her life to advocating for women's and workers' rights. Her observations during four visits to London inspired her to write a significant book on the era's social and political landscape. After its publication, she sought to organize labor internationally, leading to a tour across France. Tristan's legacy was later revived by her grandson, Paul Gauguin, through his memoirs in 1918.

Social critic, author of the famous London Journal, ardent socialist and feminist, Flora Tristan (1803-44) earned in her lifetime a notoriety not just for her writings on politics but for the personal revelations contained in her remarkable Peregrinations of a Pariah. It is the story of her visit to Peru in 1833-34 to claim a share of her father’s family fortune. In that respect the mission failed, but the journey inspired some marvelous of a five-month voyage around the Cape in the Mexicain, whose charming, Captain Chabrié proves a suitor of unflinching zeal; of her uncle Don Pio, patriarch and politician; of her extraordinary role as intermediary between factions involved in Peru’s revolutionary struggle. Peregrinations is a personal odyssey and travelogue combine in a brilliant portrayal of a woman’s journey towards independence.