Charles Lewis Meryon

Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope

As Related by Herself in Conversations with Her Physician

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The physician of an unconventional, adventurous aristocrat recounts their time together and publishes her letters in this 1845 three-volume work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 560g
• ISBN-13: 9781108052092
• ISBN-10: 1108052096
• Artikelnr.: 36055797

Inhaltsangabe

1. Lady Hester Stanhope's descent
2. Sir Nathaniel Wraxall's memoirs
3. Duchess of Gontaut
4. Conscription in Syria
5. Rainy season
6. The Delphic priestess
7. Lady Hester like the first Lord Chatham
8. Lady Hester's system of astrology
9. Lady Hester in an alcove in her garden
10. Visit of Mr Vesey Forster and Mr Knox
Additional notes.