Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope - Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback)

The adventurous and unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) set off to travel to the East in the early nineteenth century. She had been hostess to her uncle, British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, and after his death she received a government pension and decided to leave England. Her personal physician Charles Meryon (1783-1877) wrote this three-volume memoir of their travels, first published in 1846. She had a reputation as an eccentric, but thought of herself as the 'Queen of the desert' and indeed achieved considerable influence in the places she travelled to. Eventually she settled in the Lebanon, where she lived out the remainder of her life. Volume 2 begins in Damascus, and includes Lady Hester's dangerous trip to Palmyra, where she had been advised it would be impossible for a woman to go. It also includes accounts of plague in Syria, and of Bedouin life.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope 3 Volume Paperback Set, Volume 2
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Charles Lewis Meryon
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	418
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-04229-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Classic travel writing Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > Classic travel writing
LSN:	1-108-04229-5
Barcode:	9781108042291

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