Lady Hester Stanhope was Pitt's niece and hostess at 10 Downing Street. She "queened it over Georgian London with a disregard for convention that shocked society." This biography shows she had one of those lives that prove reality can be more exciting than fiction. After Pitt's death, she roamed the Near East, met Byron in Athens, lived with her lover in a villa in Turkey, was shipwrecked off Rhodes, and eventually settled in Lebanon. Originally published in 1934. This edition 1987. Pages a little yellow with age. Cassell Publishers Ltd, London. Paper. NEW. $7.00