| Letters from the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1709 to 1762 Contributor(s): Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162779845 ISBN-13: 9781162779843 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Letters - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6" W x 9" (1.65 lbs) 566 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1906. 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. |
