Letters from Egypt by Lady Lucie Duff-Gordon
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As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had tuberculosis, and went to Egypt for her health. This collection of her personal letters to her mother and her husband. By all accounts everyone loved her, and the letters are very personal in style and content. The letters are as much an introduction to her person as a record of her life on the Upper Nile.
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- 001 – Introduction
- 002 – Memoir
- 003 – November 11, 1862: Mrs. Austin
- 004 – November 21, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
- 005 – November 30, 1862: Mrs. Austin
- 006 – December 20, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
- 007 – February 11, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
- 008 – March 7, 1863: Mrs. Austin
- 009 – March 10, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon
- 010 – April 9, 1863: Mrs. Austin