| Evidence: | Sir Francis B. Head to John Murray, 19 April 1843:
'I was at a committee this morning, when I heard a gentleman say: "My friend, Mr. Bouverie,
got hold of Lady Sale's book yesterday evening and sat reading it till five o'clock this morning.
In fact, he passed the night with Lady Sale instead of with his own wife. I mention this as one
of the sins for which, as a publisher, you will some of these days have to account.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 18 Apr 1843 and 19 Apr 1843 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning night |
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Mr Bouverie |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Lady Sale |
| Title: | Journal [of experience of retreat from Afghanistan] |
| Genre: | Biography, Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Military |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published by John Murray, 1843 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27457 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 2 | |
| Page: | 507 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 2, p. 507, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27457, accessed: 21 March 2023 | |
| Head also thanks Murray for a copy of the text, which he has not had time or power of concentration to read, being 'too overjoyed' at his son's return after seven years in India. Lady Sale was the wife of Sir Robert H. Sale, British general commanding forces in Afghanistan; see p.506 in source for further background details. |
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