Letters from a Portuguese nun to an officer in the French army.
By: Translated by W.R. Bowles, esq.
Contributors: Bowles, W. R., tr.; Alcoforado, Mariana, 1840-1723.
Publisher: T. North
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723 -- Fiction.; Nuns -- Fiction.; Portugal -- Fiction.
Notes: Translation of Lettres portugaises, formerly attributed to M. Alcoforado, but now ascribed to Guilleragues.
The letters by "une femme du monde" (letters 1-7, p. [1]-57) precede the letters of the Portuguese nun (letters 8-12, p. 59-128) The "Historical introduction" (p. [ix]-xv) is based upon the "Notice historique" by B. Mercier, abbé of St. Léger, introductory to the edition of the "Lettres portugaises", Paris, 1796. (cf. Cordeiro).