"Letters of a Diplomat's Wife, 1883-1900" by Mary King Waddington, edited by Tompkins McIlvaine, offers a captivating glimpse into the life of a diplomat's wife during a significant period of history. Through Mary King Waddington's letters, readers are transported to the diplomatic circles of the late 19th century, where they witness her observations, experiences, and interactions with notable figures. Tompkins McIlvaine's careful editing ensures that these personal correspondences provide valuable historical and cultural insights.

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In 'Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife', Mary King Waddington gives readers a fascinating insight into the political and social landscape of Italy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through her detailed letters, Waddington paints a vivid picture of the diplomatic events she witnessed, as well as the cultural experiences she encountered. The book is written in a captivating epistolary style, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the world of a diplomatic wife during this turbulent period in European history. Waddington's keen observations and engaging narrative make this book a valuable resource for historians and literature enthusiasts alike. Mary King Waddington's firsthand accounts of Italian society provide a unique perspective on the events of her time. As a well-traveled and perceptive individual, Waddington's experiences as a diplomat's wife lend credibility and depth to her writing. Her intimate portrayal of Italian life and politics offers readers a glimpse into a world that is both captivating and enlightening. I highly recommend 'Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife' to anyone interested in European history, diplomatic affairs, or engaging personal narratives.

Lindsey Hughes (1949-2007) made her reputation as one of the foremost historians of the age of Peter the Great by revealing the more freakish aspects of the tsar's complex mind and reconstructing the various physical environments in which he lived. Contributors to Personality and Place in Russian Culture were encouraged to develop any of the approaches featured in Hughes's work: pointillist and panoramic, playful and morbid, quotidian and bizarre. The result is a rich and original collection, ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, in which a group of leading international scholars explore the role of the individual in Russian culture, the myriad variety of individual lives, and the changing meanings invested in particular places. The editor, Simon Dixon, is Sir Bernard Pares Professor of Russian History at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

This volume provides a detailed discussion of the role of women in diplomacy and a global narrative of their current and historical role within it. The last century has seen the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) experience seismic shifts in their policies concerning the entry, role and agency of women within their institutional make-up. Despite these changes, and the promise that true gender equality offers to the diplomatic craft, the role of women in the diplomatic sphere continues to remain overlooked, and placed on the fringes of diplomatic scholarship. This volume brings together established scholars and experienced diplomatic practitioners in an attempt to unveil the story of women in diplomacy, in a context which is historical, theoretical and empirical. In line with feminist critical thought, the objective of this volume is to theorize and empirically demonstrate the understanding of diplomacy as a gendered practice and study. The aims of are three-fold: 1) expose and confront the gender of diplomacy; 2) shed light on the historical involvement of women in diplomatic practice in spite of systemic barriers and restrictions, with a focus on critical junctures of diplomatic institutional formation and the diplomatic entitlements which were created for women at these junctures; 3) examine the current state of women in diplomacy and evaluate the rate of progress towards a gender-even playing field on the basis thereof. This book will be of much interest to students of diplomacy studies, gender studies, foreign policy and international relations.

Between 1867 - the year of the Alaskan purchase - and the beginning of World War I, Russian and American dignitaries, diplomats, businessmen, writers, tourists, and entertainers crossed between the two countries in surprisingly great numbers. Concord and Conflict provides the first comprehensive investigation of this highly transformational and fateful era in Russian-American relations. Excavating previously unmined Russian and American archives, Norman Saul illuminates these fifty significant - and open - years of association between the two countries. He explores the flow and fluctuation of economic, diplomatic, social, and cultural affairs; the personal and professional conflicts and scandals; and the evolution of each nation's perception of the other.

Mary Alsop King Waddington (April 28, 1833 - June 30, 1923) was an American author. She particularly wrote about her life as the wife of a French diplomat.Mary was born in New York City, New York on April 28, 1839 the daughter of Charles King (1789-1867), an American academic, politician, newspaper editor and the ninth president of Columbia College (now Columbia University) and his second wife, Henrietta Liston Low (1799-1882). Her paternal granddaughter was U.S. Senator Rufus King (1755-1827), the Federalist candidate for both Vice President (1804 and 1808) and President of the United States (1816). Her maternal grandfather was Nicholas Low (1739-1826), a New York merchant and developer.