Author: HICKMAN, KATIE
Title: Daughters of Britannia - the Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wies
Description: London, Harper Collins. 1999, First. (ISBN: 0002557142). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 323 pages. 27 illustrations. Map endpapers. Accompanying their spouses in the most extraordinary, tough, sometimes terrifying circumstances, this book is an account of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the foreign service. Women who struggled to bring their civilization with them. The book is illustrated with archive material, extracts from original letters between the women and their families at home, maps to show the routes they travelled and the places they were posted to and pictures of ephemera to evoke the lives they led. The chapters cover: getting there; the posting; private life; embassy life; public life; and social life. A1D. Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: English Diplomats 0002557142


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