A Lady of England: The Life and Letters of Charlotte Maria Tucker

Drawing on extensive letters and family recollections, the narrative traces a well‑known children's writer who embraced sustained missionary service. It chronicles her childhood and home life, literary career, decision to go abroad, and long residence at Batala where she helped form congregations, schools, and daily routines among converts. The account records joys, disappointments, local persecutions, and close friendships, and presents a measured discussion of contested methods and results. Throughout, the emphasis is on the subject’s persistent self‑devotion, industriousness, and late‑life commitment to work that continued until her final years.