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Author: Mary Elizabeth LucyCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackPages: 184Publisher: Orion Publishing CoYear: 1986ISBN: 9780575036932
Written in her eighties, the memoirs of Mary Elizabeth Lucy reveal a character of rare strength and determination. They are high-spirited, discerning and delightfully free from prudishness. She draws pen-portraits of those she met, Queen Victoria and Sir Walter Scott among them, and provides an authentic view of life in fashionable 19th century society.
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