Selected Letters / Mary Wortley Montagu. Editor - Isobel Grundy

Selected Letters / Mary Wortley Montagu. Editor - Isobel Grundy

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Whether describing the Turkish baths in Sofia or the London social scene, negotiating her marriage settlement or declaring her passion for a young Italian, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) wrote some of the liveliest letters in the English language. Ranging over everything from gossip to politics, science and literature, they reveal very different aspects of her personality to her husband, sister and female circle, to her beloved daughter and her errant son.

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Whether describing the Turkish baths in Sofia or the London social scene, negotiating her marriage settlement or declaring her passion for a young Italian, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) wrote some of the liveliest letters in the English language. Ranging over everything from gossip to politics, science and literature, they reveal very different aspects of her personality to her husband, sister and female circle, to her beloved daughter and her errant son.

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