Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates)
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illustrations (chiefly color), genealogical tables
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Also available in print
ISBN:
1788310063
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9781350987227
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9781788310062
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9781786722492
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9781786732491
Content:
"In 1847, seventeen-year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her feet. A debutante at the start of her first London season, Ellen was beautiful, rich and accomplished and about to experience the world of dances, opera visits and dinner parties which were a rite-of-passage for young women of her class. To record the glittering whirl of activity, Ellen started writing a diary, a unique daily account which was discovered over a century later by her descendants. For Ellen, the path to true love did not run smooth - after a scandalous encounter with a duplicitous Swedish count, her marriage prospects were dealt a heavy blow. But Ellen was a woman ahead of her time. Undeterred by her increasing social isolation, she set off on a treacherous trip across Europe in pursuit of her beloved brother Roger, an officer in the Crimean War. In doing so she became one of the first women to visit the battlefield at Balaclava. Ellen's diaries provide a first-hand account of the realities of debutante life in Victorian London whilst also telling the story of an inspirational young woman, her quest for love and her spectacular journey from the ballroom to the battlefield."--
Content:
Introduction -- A Strange Family -- The Grand Tour -- Preparing for the London Season -- The London Season -- Country Life in Ireland -- A Fatal Attraction -- A Bleak and Cheerless Future -- Heartbreak -- Music her Only Solace -- Joy and Despair -- A Parting of the Ways -- To Constantinople -- The Crimea : So Near and yet so Far -- Balaclava -- Love at Last -- Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350987227
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