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Diaries Of Sir Moses And Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 Comprising Their Life And Work As Recorded In Their Diaries From 1812 To 1883

Diaries Of Sir Moses And Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 Comprising Their Life And Work As Recorded In Their Diaries From 1812 To 1883

M... Montefiore Judith Cohen Montefiore / MMontefiore Judith Cohen Montefiore / Mose Montefiore Judith Cohen Montefiore

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Historia
ISBN:
9789354848032
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A fresh key to a remarkable past, opened anew for today’s readers. A companion for keen travellers of memory, and a window into a world where duty and curiosity shaped a continent.This volume gathers the diaries of Moses Montefiore and Judith Cohen Montefiore, chronicling their lives and work from 1812 to 1883. It offers a vivid, diary collection that reads as both a biographical memoir and a wellspring of historical documents: philanthropy and travel, Jewish history notes, social reform, and the intimate observations of a Victorian diarist collection. It invites readers of memoirs to walk beside two figures whose influence stretched from London drawing rooms to Mediterranean embassies and beyond.Its literary and historical significance lies in how it weaves private reflections with public action, revealing a continuum of faith, family, and public service that helped shape nineteenth century britain and European travel contexts. For researchers and casual fans alike, the diaries offer reliable texture, colour, and insight into period life, etiquette, and networks, while preserving the cadence of a remarkable couple’s partnership.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this volume is more than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. Restored for today’s and future generations, it stands as an illustrated historical diary set and a definitive entry in complete diary anthology for scholars, local historians, and readers of memoirs.

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