{"product_id":"travels-of-lady-hester-stanhope-forming-the-completion-of-her-memoirs-paperback-9781108042284","title":"Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope; Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108042284","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTravels of Lady Hester Stanhope\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eForming the Completion of her Memoirs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1846 three-volume work documents the adventures in the Middle East of the unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776–1839).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Lewis Meryon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108042284, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 4 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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 1 describes travels in Greece, Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and an account of being shipwrecked near Rhodes. It concludes with the party's arrival in Damascus, where Lady Hester dressed in men's clothing and refused to wear a veil.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Departure from England\u003cbr\u003e 2. Zante\u003cbr\u003e 3. Athens\u003cbr\u003e 4. Procession of the Sultan to the mosque\u003cbr\u003e 5. The author goes to Brusa\u003cbr\u003e 6. Departure from Constantinople\u003cbr\u003e 7. The author sets out for Smyrna\u003cbr\u003e 8. Reception at Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e 9. The author returns to Alexandria, in company with Mr Wynne and Mr McNamara\u003cbr\u003e 10. Loss of journals\u003cbr\u003e 11. Departure from Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 12. Increased illness of Yusef\u003cbr\u003e 13. Preparations for leaving Acre\u003cbr\u003e 14. Departure from Acre\u003cbr\u003e 15. Governor's visit\u003cbr\u003e 16. Dayr el Kamar\u003cbr\u003e Additional note.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle Eastern history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle Eastern history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20Eastern%20history%20%5BHBJF1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266069778712,"sku":"9781108042284","price":33.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108042284i_7253bab4-a486-44a9-ac04-1013d8a01f14.jpg?v=1696746543","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/travels-of-lady-hester-stanhope-forming-the-completion-of-her-memoirs-paperback-9781108042284","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}