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Hickman, Katie Courtesans
HarperCollins Publishers 2003 0007113919 / 9780007113910 First edition-first printing Hardcover Near fine Very good Book
Near fine/VGC.HarperCollins,2003.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) in near fine condition, with Dj(large tear on the edge of the Dj cover,small nick and crease on the edges of the Dj cover) in VGC.Illustrated with colour,b/w photos,drawings.Nice and clean pages as new with a very small mark and ink mark on the outer edges,small ink mark and nick on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book except for the tear on the edge of the Dj cover.273pp including List of illustrations,author's note,conclusion,notes,select bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.
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17.70 GBP
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Hickman, Katie Daughters of Britannia : The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
HarperCollins 1999 0002557142 / 9780002557146 First edition-4th printing Hardcover Very good Very good Book
VGC.HarperCollins,1999.First edition-4th printing(5 7 9 8 6 4).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the cover) with Dj(watermarks inside the edges of the Dj cover,two small nicks and creases on the edges of the Dj cover),both in VGC.Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover,b/w photos.Nice and clean pages but with slight damp damage on the edges of some of the pages,light shelf wear on the outer edge of the pages.The book is in VGC except for the watermarks on the Dj cover and the damp on the edges of the pages.343pp including Author's note,list of principal women,list of illustrations,notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable book. This is another paragraph Review: As the daughter of a diplomat, Katie Hickman is well situated to write about the lives of the women who, from the 17th century onward, have traversed the globe as partners of Britain's ambassadors. These women are more than simply bored socialites or helpmeets, they are indispensable companions, intrepid travellers, and, in many cases, exemplary ambassadors for their country. Hickman details the lives of the female ambassadors, from flamboyant characters such as Vita Sackville-West, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the bolter Emma Hamilton, to lesser-known contemporary stoics like Jane-Ewart-Biggs, whose husband, the British Ambassador to Eire, was killed by an IRA car bomb in 1976, and Veronica Atkinson and family who cowered in the basement of the British Embassy in Bucharest during the 1989 uprising that overthrew the Romanian dictator Nicolai Ceaucescu. What frequently unites Hickman's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing on letters, diaries and memoirs, she portrays women who had to discipline themselves to adapt (often ingeniously) to unfamiliar cultures, far away from friends and family--many, in particular, were separated from their children, who would be sequestered at boarding school back in Britain--while maintaining an unimpeachable public image. I shall be obliged to travel three or four days between Buda and Essek without finding any house at all, through desert plains covered with snow, where the cold is so violent many have been killed by it, wrote Lady Mary Wortley Montagu of her treacherous journey to Constantinople in 1716. Almost 300 years later, in 1996, Stephanie Hopkinson wryly itemised the bizarre qualifications necessary for daily diplomatic life in a Sarajevo under siege: Ability to...apply make-up in the dark; aptitude for for bathing in a cold teacup and keeping one's hair/self/clothes clean and uncrumpled as long as possible ...vivid imagination which converts tinned frankfurters, bread and rice into smoked salmon/steak and chips....
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Hickman, Katie Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives.
HarperCollins Publishers 1999 0002557142 / 9780002557146 First edition-first printing Hardcover Near fine Near fine Book
Near fine condition.HarperCollins,1999.First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Illustrated with a colour map inside the front and back cover,b/w photos.Nice and clean pages as new with small ink mark and light shelf wear on the outer edges.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.343pp including Author's note,list of principal women,list of illustrations,notes,bibliography,index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition.Heavy book.
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20.50 GBP
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