1893 The Letters of Lady Burghersh: (afterwards Countess of Westmorland) from Germany and France during the campaign of 1813-14

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original quarter white cloth binding with green cloth boards and gilt blind stamp.

This edition features a portrait frontispiece of Priscilla Burghersh by Walker & Boutall, 1813, and two other portraits, one of Lord Burghersh, and one of Arthur, Marquis of Wellington. Collated, complete.

The Letters of Lady Burghersh is a compelling collection of letters penned by Priscilla Anne Fane (née Wellesley-Pole), later Countess of Westmorland. Published in 1893 by John Murray and edited by her daughter, Lady Rose Weigall, offering an intimate, firsthand account of the later stages of the Napoleonic War, as experienced by a well-connected Englishwoman traveling through Europe.