A Life of Her Own (2nd ed.)

Margaret refuses to let a lack of money ruin her dreams of visiting Pompeii and making discoveries of her own.To her family's dismay she begins earning her own living as a companion to an elderly lady in London. She saves every shilling -- until an unexpected circumstance enables her to go to Europe. With no male relatives able to escort her, she recruits a small party of ladies to travel with her - a daring endeavor for an Englishwoman in the 1820s. Margaret is thrilled when she finds an archeo