The Highland Lady In Ireland: Journals 1840-50 (Canongate Classics) - Softcover

Grant, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0862413613 ISBN 13: 9780862413613

Publisher: Canongate Books, 2001

Synopsis

'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 sister

The early life of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus, so memorably recorded in her Memoirs of a Highland Lady has had an avid readership since the book'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.

About this title

Book Description:

Edited and Introduced by Patricia Pelly and Andrew Tod

From the Back Cover:

The early life of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus, so memorably recorded in her Memoirs of a Highland Lady has had an avid readership since the book's first publication in 1898. This volume takes up the story after she arrives in Ireland, following her marriage to Colonel Smith of Baltiboys.

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0862413613
• ISBN 13: 9780862413613
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592
• Editor: Tod Andrew, Pelly Patricia