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Mrs P`s Journey – The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Created The A-Z Map

Disproving the theory that women can’™t read maps, Mrs P’™s Journey is the fascinating story of the woman who mapped London’™s A-Z and created a publishing phenomenon. Spirited, artistic and eccentric, Phyllis Pearsall became increasingly frustrated at the lack of proper street maps of London. Phyllis’™ reaction was completely characteristic and she threw herself into attempting to map the busy, sprawling metropolis. Without hesitation, she covered London’™s 23,000 streets on foot during the course of one year, often leaving her bedsit at dawn to do so. In light of its enormous success, she set up the Geographers’™ Map Company, which still publishes the A-Z of London and of most British cities.Sarah Hartley has written a beautifully moving account of an inspirational woman who carved a niche for herself in what was traditionally a man’™s world and who left behind an enduring legacy.

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