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Mrs. Cecil Clementi
1889–1970
Best known for a vivid early-20th-century travel book about British Guiana, this writer brought readers along on a demanding journey to Mount Roraima. Her work blends close observation, curiosity, and a strong sense of place.
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Through British Guiana to the summit of Roraima
by Mrs. Cecil Clementi
About the author
Writing as Mrs. Cecil Clementi, Marie Penelope Rose Eyres was a British travel writer born in 1889. She married Sir Cecil Clementi in 1912 and was later known as Lady Penelope Clementi.
She is chiefly remembered for Through British Guiana to the Summit of Roraima, a travel narrative published in 1920 and still read today through archives and Project Gutenberg. The book follows a journey through the interior of British Guiana to the famous table mountain Mount Roraima, and it stands out for its lively picture of landscape, travel, and colonial-era exploration.
Archival records at the Bodleian Libraries also note papers of Lady Penelope Clementi alongside those of her husband, showing her place within a well-documented public family life. She died in 1970.