Diary of Frances Lady Shelley 1818-1873

In these diaries we are brought into the intimate society of Empress Marie Louise, the Countess of Albany, Metternich, Canova, Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Brougham, and many others. Lady Shelley has given us a fresh and faithful picture of Society in the reign of George lll. Friend of everyone from Queen Victoria to Alexander of Russia and the Duke of Wellington, these diaries are great historical, and personal reports.The dairy was edited by Richard Edgcumbe, who was Lady Shelley's grandson, and originally published in 1912.Edgcumbe, Richard is the author of 'Diary of Frances Lady Shelley 1818-1873', published 2003 under ISBN 9781410207845 and ISBN 1410207846.