Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-1860

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Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-1860

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Author of travel books on the Near East. Married 8th Viscount Strangford in 1862. Chiefly a journal of 141 pages (1859 Apr. 10-1860 July 7) describing a trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Apr.-Sept. 1859, and to Greece, May-July 1860. Beginning in Smyrna, Viscountess Strangford travelled to Rhodes, Mersin, Tripoli, Beirut, Baalbek, Athens, Attica, Pentelicus, Constantinople, and Belgrade. She described the locales, social life and customs of the Lebanese, a Druze wedding, and fighting between the Druzes and Christians. Included are drawings and other sheets laid in, including one in French, possibly by Marius Fontane. Also includes an albumen print of Viscountess Strangford.

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Strangford, Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe,, Viscountess, -1887

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Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford was an author of travel books on the Near East. She married 8th Viscount Strangford in 1862. From the guide to the Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-1860, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Author of travel books on the Near East. Married 8th Viscount Strangford in 1862. From the description of Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smyth Strangford Journal, 1859-186...