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A revised selection of Lady Montagu's letters. Besides presenting a vivid picture of manners in a picturesque age, they contain a unique series of impressions from foreign courts seldom visited and nowhere else so intimately described.
Lady Mary was the wife of a popular ambassador and, wielding the charm of a strong personality, was enabled to see and hear many things of which the ordinary traveler, or resident abroad, knew-and knows-little or nothing. Originally written, for the most part, to her sisters, her daughter, or to very intimate friends, her Letters are unusually detailed and frank.
She was a keen observer, not superior to the love of gossip with a quick eye for the telling features of a story or situation, and an easy, effective style.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:576 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/01/1997
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- ISBN:9780140434903
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:576 pages
- Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication Date:30/01/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780140434903