Excerpt from Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Vol. 1 of 3: Forming the Completion of Her Memoirs A distinct line may at once be drawn between this and other books of peregrinations in the East. The reader will here find no antiquarian research, no new views of the political relations of sects and parties: but these Travels exhibit what others do not a heroine who marches at the head of Arab tribes through the Syrian desert who calls governors of cities to her aid, whilst she excavates the earth in search of hidden ...
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Excerpt from Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Vol. 1 of 3: Forming the Completion of Her Memoirs A distinct line may at once be drawn between this and other books of peregrinations in the East. The reader will here find no antiquarian research, no new views of the political relations of sects and parties: but these Travels exhibit what others do not a heroine who marches at the head of Arab tribes through the Syrian desert who calls governors of cities to her aid, whilst she excavates the earth in search of hidden treasures who sends generals with their troops to carry fire and sword into the fearful passes of a mountainous country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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