Daughters Of Britannia The Lives & Times Of Diplomatic Wives

Author: Katie Hickman

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Price : 26.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780006387800
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Australia
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Weight (g) : 0.261
Publication date : June 2000
Dimensions : 2.1 Centimeters X 12.7 Centimeters X 19.7 Centimeters
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Author : Katie Hickman
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From the first exploratory expeditions into foreign lands, through the heyday of the British Empire and still today, the foreign service has been shaped and run behind the scenes by the wives of ambassadors and minor civil servants. Accompanying their spouses in the most extraordinary, tough, sometimes terrifying circumstances, they have struggled to bring their civilisation with them. Their stories – from ambassadresses downwards – never before told, are a feast of eccentricity, genuine hardship and genuine heroism, and make for a hilarious, compelling and fascinating book.