Daughters of Britannia: the lives and times of diplomatic wives
by By Hickman, Katie
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit , General

Drawing on diaries, memoirs, and personal correspondence, this fascinating study explores the private world of the wives of foreign service diplomats, examining the challenges, hardships, and pageantry of the lives of nearly one hundred women, including Vita Sackville-West, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Lady Diana Cooper. 35,000 first printing.