My Dearest Martha – The Life and Letters of Eliza Hillier Hillier Paperback

My Dearest Martha: The Life and Letters of Eliza Hillier\nby Andrew Hillier\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Andrew Hillier\nTitle: My Dearest Martha: The Life and Letters of Eliza Hillier\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Asian history\nPublisher: City University of Hong Kong Press\nPublication year: 2021\nISBN-13: 9789629375775\nISBN-10: 962937577X\nRRP: \u00A330.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\n\""For this brief moment, the two sisters could be 'together in heart and affection', and through such letters bridge the distance of empire.\""\nWe often learn about the commerce, diplomacy, and military campaigns of the British empire without reference to the intimate side of life in these times-the development of self, the position of women, and the importance of family. In th.