Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon (née Austin; 24 June 1821 – 14 July 1869) was an English author and translator who wrote as Lucie Gordon.
Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon
English author
Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon was an English author and translator who wrote as Lucie Gordon. She is best known for her Letters from Egypt, 1863–1865 and Last Letters from Egypt, most of which are addressed to her husband, Alexander Duff-Gordon, and her... Wikipedia
Born: June 24, 1821, Queen Anne's Gate, London, United Kingdom
Died: July 14, 1869 (age 48 years), Cairo, Egypt
Children: Janet Ross, Sir Maurice Duff Gordon of Fyvie, 4th Bt., and Urania Duff Gordon
Parents: Sarah Austin and John Austin
Grandchildren: Lina Waterfield and Alick Ross
Books
Letters from Egypt, 1862-1869
1869
Letters from Egypt
1865
Last Letters From Egypt
1875
Letters From The Cape
2018
Letters From Egypt, 1863-65 / by Lady Duff Gordon
1865
The Russians in Bulgaria and Rumelia in 1828 and 1829: During the Campaigns of the Danube, the Sieges of Brailow, Varna, Silistria, Shumla, and the Passage of the Balkan by Marshall Diebitch
1854
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Letters from Egypt 1862-1869 by Lady Duff Gordon. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine / Very Good.
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