E.L.: The Bread Box Papers The High Life of a Dazzling Victorian Lady/a Biography of Elizabeth Chapman Lawrence by Gemmill, Helen Hartman; Michener, James A. (Introduction) - 1983

Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Tower Hill Pr / Bucks County Historical Society, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very-good, clean condition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Over-sized hardback. 275 pages. Very-nicely illustrated throughout. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. Once described as "the most popular American woman that ever was in England", the letters of Elizabeth Chapman Lawrence simply signed "E.L."- bring a lively, witty perspective to the people and events of the Victorian era. From dancing with Prince Albert to dining at the White House, from reminiscing with Gen. McClellan to gossiping about Empress Eugenie-all was duly recorded in the spritely missives sent by diplomatic pouch to Mama. A thoroughly enjoyable and well-researched biography, "E.L." brings to life again a captivating lady who will charm readers today as easily as she charmed her contemporaries more than a century ago..