The Mistress Of Nothing
The Mistress Of Nothing

Author: Kate Pullinger

Publisher: Profile Books

Published: 2010-07-09

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1847652425

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Lady Duff Gordon is the toast of Victorian London. But when her debilitating tuberculosis means exile, she and her devoted lady's maid, Sally, set sail for Egypt. It is Sally who describes, with a mixture of wonder and trepidation, the odd ménage marshalled by the resourceful Omar, which travels down the Nile to a new life in Luxor. As Lady Duff Gordon undoes her stays and takes to native dress, throwing herself into weekly salons; language lessons; excursions to the tombs; Sally too adapts to a new world, affording her heady and heartfelt freedoms never known before. But freedom is a luxury that a maid can ill-afford, and when Sally grasps more than her status entitles her to, she is brutally reminded that she is mistress of nothing.

Lucie Duff Gordon
Lucie Duff Gordon

Author: Katherine Frank

Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Published: 2007-04-15

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 9781845113315

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Lucie Duff Gordon was a world apart from her Victorian counterparts. An intellectual, traveller, writer and progressive social commentator, both she and her husband led an eccentric and bohemian life. This book relates the transformation she underwent as she threw off the shackles of Victorian England.

Lady Duff Gordon's Letters from Egypt
Lady Duff Gordon's Letters from Egypt

Author: Janet Ross

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9780342276912

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Letters from Egypt
Letters from Egypt

Author: Lucy Duff Gordon

Publisher: Eland Classics

Published: 2020-09-16

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781780600383

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In 1862, Lucie Duff Gordon left her husband and three children in England and settled in Egypt, where she remained for the rest of her short life. Seeking respite from her tuberculosis in the dry air, she moved into a ramshackle house above a temple in Luxor, and soon became an indispensable member of the community. Setting up a hospital in her home, she welcomed all - from slaves to local leaders.