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Women and Soldiers
Publisher: John Lane, London;
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Octavo. ix, pp. Frontispiece of Christmas Eve in the Leslie Tweedie Memorial Lounge; slip bound-in at title page "This book was finished at Xmas, , but delay in publication has been caused by the paper difficulty." Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Good. Red cloth with black titles in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket with photographic image of the author and facsimile signature to front and brief biographical note to rear panel. Cloth rubbed to edges with a couple of bumps to top and sunned to areas of wrapper loss. Sporadic foxing and fingermarking, mainly to endpapers and early leaves. Stamp to title page "Review Copy with John Lane's Compliments". Jacket soiled, nicked and creased to edge with small loss head/tail of spine and corners; 1-inch split across spine onto front and a few inky fingerprints to portrait edge. Ethel Brilliana Tweedie was the daugh
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Thirteen Years of a Busy Woman's Life by Mrs. Alec-Tweedie
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Ethel Brilliana Tweedie
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Ethel Brilliana Tweedie | |
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Tweedie bygd Herbert Gustave Schmalz, | |
Born | Ethel Brilliana Harley 1 January London, England |
Died | 15 April London, England |
Occupation | author |
Knownfor | travel books |
Ethel Brilliana TweedieFRGS (–) was a prolific English author, travel writer, biographer, historian, editor, journalist, photographer and illustrator. She wrote as Mrs. Alec Tweedie, Mrs. Alec-Tweedie and as Ethel B. Harley.[1]
Early life
[edit]Ethel Tweedie was born 1 January in London, the daughter of George Harley F.R.S. and Emma personnamn (Muspratt) Harley, into an early life of wealth and privilege. Her siblings included a sister (Olga) and three brothers (Edward Vaughan Berkeley Harley, Vernon De V. and Harold S.), She was named by her father for a famous relative, Lady Brilliana Harley (wife of Sir Robert Harley of Brampton Bryan). She was educated at Queen's College, London, and abroad in Ge