Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin by Susan Nagel

Mistress of the Elgin Marbles: A Biography of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin

Susan Nagel

294 pages 2004

2 editions

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The remarkable Mary Nisbet was the Countess of Elgin in Romantic-era Scotland and the wife of the seventh Earl of Elgin. When Mary accompanied her husband to diplomatic duty in Turkey, she changed history. She helped bring the smallpox vaccine to ...

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