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"The reverse of stuffy" is how one British reviewer characterized Katie Hickman's portrait of English diplomatic wives. Unstuffy it is. Hickman, whose writing is graceful and sprightly, describes the unusual and often difficult lives of Foreign Service spouses. Tracking these feisty transplants from the 17th century to the present, she shows how these very significant others coped with everything from tropical epidemics to kidnappings to small household budgets. Warm-weather reading.
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Illustrated Daughters of Britannia, Katie Hickman
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- Illustrated Daughters of Britannia
- Subtitle
- The Public and Private Worlds of the Diplomatic Wife
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Katie Hickman
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 0007641168
- ISBN13
- 9780007641161
- Series
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- "The reverse of stuffy" is how one British reviewer characterized Katie Hickman's portrait of English diplomatic wives. Unstuffy it is. Hickman, whose writing is graceful and sprightly, describes the unusual and often difficult lives of Foreign Service spouses. Tracking these feisty transplants from the 17th century to the present, she shows how these very significant others coped with everything from tropical epidemics to kidnappings to small household budgets. Warm-weather reading.