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An authoritative and entertaining account by one of our most talented writers of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign service.
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Drawing on diaries, memoirs, and personal correspondence, this fascinating study explores the private world of the wives of foreign service diplomats, examining the challenges, hardships, and pageantry of the lives of nearly one hundred women, including Vita Sackville-West, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Lady Diana Cooper. 35,000 first printing.
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