Travels of lady hester stanhope 3 volume paperback set: forming the completion of her memoirs

This 1846 three-volume work documents the adventures in the Middle East of the unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839). Adventurous and unconventional, Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839) left England to travel to the eastin the early nineteenth century. This three-volume work, first published in 1846, was written by her physician Charles Meryon (1783–1877), who travelled with her for seven years before returning to England to complete his medical studies. Adventurous and unconventional, Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839) left England to travel to the east in the early nineteenth century. This three-volume work, first published in 1846, was written by her physician Charles Meryon (1783–1877), who travelled with her for seven years before returning to England to complete his medical studies. The adventurous and unconventional LadyHester 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. She dressed in men's clothes to allow her to go to places not considered safe for a lady, and her adventures included shipwreck, plague and treasure-hunting. She also gives descriptions of the Bedouin and other tribes of the Middle East. INDICE: Volume 1: Preface; 1. Departure from England; 2. Zante; 3. Athens;4. Procession of the Sultan to the mosque; 5. The author goes to Brusa; 6. Departure from Constantinople; 7. The author sets out for Smyrna; 8. Reception at Alexandria; 9. The author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr. Wynne and Mr. McNamara; 10. Loss of journals; 11. Departure from Jerusalem; 12. Increased illness of Yusef; 13. Preparations for leaving Acre; 14. Departure from Acre; 15. Governor's visit; 16. Dayr el Kamar; Additional note. Volume 2: 1. Damascus; 2. Lady Hester's intended journey to Palmyra; 3. Precautions against riots; 4. The author enters the desert; 5. Reflections on the ruins of Palmyra;6. Hamah; 7. Departure from Palmyra; 8. Departure from Hamah; 9. Residence atLatakia; 10. Mode of life of Lady Hester Stanhope; 11. Plague at Abra. Volume3: 1. Preparations for a journey to BÃólbec; 2. Residence at BÃólbec; 3. Residence at Tripoli; 4. Journey from Tripoli to Abra; 5. Probability of the existence of hidden treasures in the East; 6. Journey of Lady Hester from Mar Eliasto Ascalon; 7. History of Ascalon; 8. Visit of the author to the Maronite convent in the village of Joon; 9. M. Surûr, English agent at Damietta; 10. Disappearance of Colonel Boutin, a French traveller; 11. Quarrel between a Drûze and a MetouÃíly; 12. Journey of the Princess of Wales to Jerusalem; 13. Departure of the author for Europe; 14. Departure from Cyprus, and voyage to Marseilles; Additional note.

• ISBN: 978-1-108-04231-4
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 1252
• Fecha Publicación: 22/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés