| Description |
xxiii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Before 1699: Roots -- 2. 1699-June 1709: Juvenilia -- 3. July 1709-February 1712: Marriage Market -- 4. February-August 1712: Elopement -- 5. August 1712-January 1715: Domesticity -- 6. 1715: High Society -- 7. December 1715-August 1716: Loss of Face -- 8. August 1716-January 1717: Overland -- 9. February-May 1717: Adrianople -- 10. May 1717-July 1718: Constantinople -- 11. July-October 1718: Voyage Home -- 12. October 1718-1720s: Settling Down -- 13. 1720 Onwards: Inoculation -- 14. January 1721-December 1724: Vers de societe -- 15. 1725-March 1728: Some Losses -- 16. 1728: Lady Mar, Pope -- 17. 1729-1732: Past Forty -- 18. 1732-August 1736: As Aunt and Mother -- 19. 1729-June 1735: Pope, Round Two -- 20. March 1736-March 1738: Algarotti -- 21. March 1738-July 1739: Leaving -- 22. July 1739-August 1740: Venice -- 23. August 1740-March 1741: Florence, Rome, Naples -- 24. March 1741-October 1742: Turin and Elsewhere -- 25. May 1742-August 1746: Avignon |
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26. August 1746-February 1750: Gottolengo, Lovere -- 27. March 1750-1753: Lone Philosopher -- 28. 1753-September 1756: Escaping Palazzi -- 29. November 1756-April 1758: Venice and Padua -- 30. May 1758-December 1759: Friends and Foes -- 31. January 1760-December 1761: Inheriting -- 32. 1762: Back in London |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [631]-655) and index |
| Subject |
Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762.
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Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Diplomats' spouses -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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English letters -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English letters -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English letters -- History and criticism.
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Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Women authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
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Wortley Montagu -- Lady -- Mary -- 1689-1762 -- Biography
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
98048471 |
| ISBN |
0198112890 (hb) |
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