Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72166Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversation with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some of the most remarkable persons of her time, Vol II of III. Dr. Meryon was in 1810 taken on by the eccentric Lady Hester as her medical attendant, on a voyage to Sicily and the Near East. He was with her during her seven years' wanderings and saw her finally settled on Mount Lebanon. Lady Hester would talk to Meryon for hours on end into the night. (Summary by Wikipedia)
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography; *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography
Keywords that describe the book: memoir, Middle East, eccentrics and eccentricities, women travelers, middle east travels
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Oh, then I was sick with something for the week after returning which kept me out of commission.
