Letters from a Portuguese nun to an officer in the French army
By: Tr. by W. R. Bowles ...
Publisher: Printed for S. A. and H. Oddy, and C. La Grange
Published: 1808
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
Subjects: Portuguese letters; Translations into English
Work titles: Lettres portugaises
Notes: Formerly attributed to Marianna Alcoforado.

Frontispiece engr. by Mackenzie after Craig.

Contains the 5 letters of Marianna Alcoforado (issued originally with title: Lettres portugaises) preceded by 7 letters written in imitation of them by "une femme du monde" and first issued with title: Lettres portugaises. Seconde partie. The 12 letters are numbered consecutively. The "Historical introduction" (p. [ix]-xvi) is based upon the "notice historique" by B. Mercier, abbé de Saint-Leger, in the Lettres portugaises, Paris, 1796.