From Peter M. Huyton, Hereford, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 04 June 2003
About this Item
1st UK edition. Demy 8vo, c. 8.25 x 5.5 inches, pp.portrait frontispiece + viii + 278 + 23 b&w plates, hardback in original cloth. Book condition - near Very Good ; contents clean, no inscriptions, no foxing but back flyleaf shows heavy tanning, front flyleaf missing, back hinge shows initial splitting but the front hinge is intact and the binding secure ; original green cloth with gilt title on front board and spine; corners rubbed and a little bent but not split, back has a few light marks but is good overall, the spine is complete with the ends rubbed and bent, the spine is slighly tanned but the gilt title remains complete and clear, front board is clean with bright gilt titling. No dustjacket. These are the memoirs of Mary Waddington (an American) during the time she was the wife of the French Prime Minister. She was married to William Waddington who, though of British ancestry, was French by birth. He was a Senator for Aisne and a Minister for Foreign Affairs, under Prime Minister Defaure, before becoming Prime Minister himself in early 1879, only to step down in December of that year. He later became the French Ambassador to London, a post he held for ten years [ summarised from information on Wikipedia ]. The chapters are 1. When MacMahon was President ; 2. Impressions of the Assemby at Versailles ; M. Waddington as Minister of Public Instruction ; The Social Side of a Minister's wife ; The Republican Victory and a New Ministry ; The Exposition Year ; The Berlin Congress; Gaieties at teh Quai d'Orsay ; M. Waddington as Prime Minister ; Parliament back in Paris ; Last Days at the Foreign Office ; Index. Seller Inventory # 1893
Bibliographic Details
Title: MY FIRST YEARS AS A FRENCHWOMAN. 1876 - 1879
Publisher: Smith Elder & Co London
Publication Date: 1914
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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