Adventurous and unconventional, Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839) left England to travel to the east in the early nineteenth century. This three-volume work, first published in 1846, was written by her physician Charles Meryon (1783-1877), who travelled with her for seven years before returning to England to complete his medical studies.
This 1846 three-volume work documents the adventures in the Middle East of the unconventional Lady Hester Stanhope (1776-1839).
