THE LADIES OF ALDERLEY:
Being the letters between
Maria Josepha, Lady Stanley
and her daughter-in-law
Henrietta Maria Stanley
during the years 1841-1850,
edited by Nancy Mitford
Date of First Publication: 1938
(Maria Josepha Stanley to Henrietta Maria Stanley, 18 March 1842)
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