Highland Lady in Ireland : Journals 1840-50, Paperback by Grant, Elizabeth; P...
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Highland Lady in Ireland : Journals 1840-50, Paperback by Grant, Elizabeth; P.... 'They have made an Irishwoman of you now, and may they know the value of the daughter they adopted into their country.'. Highland Lady in Ireland : Journals 1840-50, Paperback by Grant, Elizabeth; Pelly, Patricia; Tod, Andrew, ISBN 0862413613, ISBN-13 9780862413613, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 'They have made an Irishwoman of you now, and may they know the value of the daughter they adopted into their country.' Elizabeth Grant's sisterThe early life of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus, so memorably recorded in her Memoirs of a Highland Lady has had an avid readership since th's first publication in 1898. This volume takes up the story after she arrives in Ireland, following her marriage to Colonel Smith of Baltiboys.This journal, begun in 1840, will be recognisable to her many followers by the charm, vigour and intelligence that fill every page. They vividly depict the day to day life of her family, her immense efforts to improve the Baltiboys estate and how she coped with the terrible ravages of famine. Her sharp observations of all classes of society however, from corrupt landowners to the poor and often dissolute farm-workers, make this book a memorable and important chronicle of her times and a unique contribution to the social history of Ireland.
