Adventures of a Greek Lady; The Adopted Daughter of the Late Queen Caroline Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...the Gulf of Venice--Arrival at her grandfather's--Visit to Queen Caroline Murat--M. Minerve--Lord H---. ON arriving in Paris, I went to the Hote de Tours, where I spent eight days in the strictest retirement. Learning that there was in the hotel a very distinguished family, who were about to proceed to Turin, I endeavoured to make their acquaintance. I had the good fortune to win their confidence, and the immense VOL. II. H advantage of being received by them as the companion of their journey. I parted at Turin from the Chevalier and his good family, with the warmest thanks I could offer for their unbounded kindness, and alighted at the house of M. Leon Bonafeau, my uncle's correspondent, by whom Iwas so well received, that I soon found myself quite at home with his amiable family. But I was obliged to bid them adieu, and set out for Milan, under the safeguard of an old gentleman, to whose care I was specially commended. Had I been his own daughter, he could not have been more attentive. Under his guidance, I made myself acquainted with Milan, which I had only seen when too young to recollect it. It is not requisite that I should recount all the marvels of that city; I will only say, that they excited and gratified my utmost powers of contemplation. I was never weary of admiring that beautiful capital of the fair duchy of Lombardy, which possesses, besides its exquisite palaces, the most important public establishments, such as the Duomo, the Ambrosian Library, the Museum, the Forum, &c. The aspect of Milan, and the perusal of its history, afforded me a delightful respite from my personal cares and anxieties. I had the happiness to see the Countess de Visconti, of whom I have already spoken in these Memoirs, as a devoted...