Illustrated Daughters of Britannia: The Public and Private Worlds of the Diplomatic Wife

Illustrated Daughters of Britannia: The Public and Private Worlds of the Diplomatic Wife
ISBN-10
0007122217
ISBN-13
9780007122219
Category
Diplomatic and consular service, British
Pages
192
Language
English
Published
2001
Author
Katie Hickman

Description

Accompanying their spouses in the most extraordinary, tough, sometimes terrifying circumstances, this book is an account of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the foreign service. Women who struggled to bring their civilization with them. The book is illustrated with archive material, extracts from original letters between the women and their families at home, maps to show the routes they travelled and the places they were posted to and pictures of ephemera to evoke the lives they led. The chapters cover: getting there; the posting; private life; embassy life; public life; and social life.

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