{"product_id":"travels-of-lady-hester-stanhope-forming-the-completion-of-her-memoirs-paperback-9781108042291","title":"Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope; Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108042291","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\"\u003e9781108042291, 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\"\u003e418 pages, 12 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.53 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 2 begins in Damascus, and includes Lady Hester's dangerous trip to Palmyra, where she had been advised it would be impossible for a woman to go. It also includes accounts of plague in Syria, and of Bedouin life.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Damascus\u003cbr\u003e 2. Lady Hester's intended journey to Palmyra\u003cbr\u003e 3. Precautions against riots\u003cbr\u003e 4. The author enters the desert\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reflections on the ruins of Palmyra\u003cbr\u003e 6. Hamah\u003cbr\u003e 7. Departure from Palmyra\u003cbr\u003e 8. Departure from Hamah\u003cbr\u003e 9. Residence at Latakia\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mode of life of Lady Hester Stanhope\u003cbr\u003e 11. Plague at Abra.\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":46266069877016,"sku":"9781108042291","price":34.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108042291i_d9bcb212-a893-431b-b188-28d1e5c9f484.jpg?v=1696746556","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/travels-of-lady-hester-stanhope-forming-the-completion-of-her-memoirs-paperback-9781108042291","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}