{"product_id":"travels-of-lady-hester-stanhope-forming-the-completion-of-her-memoirs-paperback-9781108042307","title":"Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope; Forming the Completion of her Memoirs (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108042307","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\"\u003e9781108042307, 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\"\u003e440 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.56 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 3 includes Lady Hester's failed attempt to find hidden treasure among the ruins of Ascalon, and details of her actions after a French traveller was killed in the desert and she ordered the punishment of the offenders.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Preparations for a journey to Bâlbec\u003cbr\u003e 2. Residence at Bâlbec\u003cbr\u003e 3. Residence at Tripoli\u003cbr\u003e 4. Journey from Tripoli to Abra\u003cbr\u003e 5. Probability of the existence of hidden treasures in the East\u003cbr\u003e 6. Journey of Lady Hester from Mar Elias to Ascalon\u003cbr\u003e 7. History of Ascalon\u003cbr\u003e 8. Visit of the author to the Maronite convent in the village of Joon\u003cbr\u003e 9. M. Surûr, English agent at Damietta\u003cbr\u003e 10. Disappearance of Colonel Boutin, a French traveller\u003cbr\u003e 11. Quarrel between a Drûze and a Metouály\u003cbr\u003e 12. Journey of the Princess of Wales to Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e 13. Departure of the author for Europe\u003cbr\u003e 14. Departure from Cyprus, and voyage to Marseilles\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":46266069844248,"sku":"9781108042307","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108042307i_66338293-39a8-46d8-8f2f-db887425d6f1.jpg?v=1696746540","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/travels-of-lady-hester-stanhope-forming-the-completion-of-her-memoirs-paperback-9781108042307","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}