| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Maps on end papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-284) and index. |
| Contents |
Launches from a safe harbor -- New horizons -- The newlyweds set sail -- A battle of beauties -- Letters; a lifeline -- Constantinople: "ambassadress poll" makes waves -- Motherhood: Mary's north star -- Captain of her ship -- Favorable winds -- The stronger vessel -- Scuttled -- Awash in antiquities -- The Acropolis: caution to the wind -- Sailing, sailing -- The calm before the storm -- Shanghaied -- In irons -- Rudderless -- At sea -- Drowning in debt -- Breakwater -- Shipwrecked -- Rescued -- A beacon -- Starboard home. |
| Subject |
Ferguson, Mary Nisbet, 1777-1855.
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Diplomats' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Earl of, 1766-1841 -- Marriage.
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Elgin marbles.
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| ISBN |
0060545542 hardcover alkaline paper |
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