As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had tuberculosis, and went to Egypt for her health. This collection of her personal letters to her mother and her husband. By all accounts everyone loved her, and the letters are very personal in style and content. The letters are as much an introduction to her person as a record of her life on the Upper Nile.
Chapters
1 001 - Introduction 11 min 2 002 - Memoir 33 min 3 003 - November 11, 1862: Mrs. Austin 14 min 4 004 - November 21, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 5 005 - November 30, 1862: Mrs. Austin 17 min 6 006 - December 20, 1862: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 5 min 7 007 - February 11, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 10 min 8 008 - March 7, 1863: Mrs. Austin 11 min 9 009 - March 10, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 10 010 - April 9, 1863: Mrs. Austin 3 min 11 011 - April 13, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 7 min 12 012 - April 18, 1863: Mr. Tom Taylor 7 min 13 013 - May 12, 1863: Mrs. Austin 4 min 14 014 - May 12, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 15 015 - May 21, 1863: Mrs. Austin 14 min 16 016 - May 25, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 17 017 - October 19, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 5 min 18 018 - October 26, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 19 019 - October 31, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 20 020 - November 14, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 8 min 21 021 - November 21, 1863: Mrs. Austin 7 min 22 022 - December 1, 1863: Mrs. Ross 3 min 23 023 - December 2, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 24 024 - December 17, 1863: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 8 min 25 025 - December 27, 1863: Mrs. Austin 4 min 26 026 - January 3, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 10 min 27 027 - January 5, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 17 min 28 028 - January 20, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 12 min 29 029 - February 7, 1864: Mrs. Austin 11 min 30 030 - February 8, 1864: Mrs. Ross 3 min 31 031 - February 12, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 32 032 - February 19, 1864: Mrs. Austin 3 min 33 033 - February 26, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 7 min 34 034 - March 1, 1864: Mrs. Austin 14 min 35 035 - March 7, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 16 min 36 036 - March 16, 1864: Mr. Tom Taylor 7 min 37 037 - March 22, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 17 min 38 038 - April 6, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 9 min 39 039 - April 7, 1864: Mrs. Ross 3 min 40 040 - April 14, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 22 min 41 041 - May 15, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 9 min 42 042 - May 23, 1864: Mrs. Austin 14 min 43 043 - June 12, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 10 min 44 044 - June 26, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 11 min 45 045 - August 13, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 5 min 46 046 - October 9, 1864: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 47 047 - October 21, 1864: Mrs. Austin 6 min 48 048 - December 23, 1864: Mrs. Austin 5 min 49 049 - January 2, 1865: Mrs. Austin 17 min 50 050 - January 8, 1865: Dowager Lady Duff Gordon 3 min 51 051 - January 9, 1865: Mrs. Austin 8 min 52 052 - February 7, 1865: Miss Austin 3 min 53 053 - February 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 54 054 - February 7, 1865: Mrs. Ross 3 min 55 055 - March 13, 1865: Mrs. Austin 8 min 56 056 - March 25, 1865: Mrs. Ross 2 min 57 057 - March 30, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 10 min 58 058 - April 3, 1865: Mrs. Austin 5 min 59 059 - April 3, 1865: Mrs. Ross 4 min 60 060 - April, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 8 min 61 061 - April 29, 1865: Mrs. Austin 15 min 62 062 - May, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 7 min 63 063 - June 16, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 64 064 - October 28, 1865: Mrs. Austin 3 min 65 065 - November 2, 1865: Mrs. Austin 2 min 66 066 - November 27, 1865: Mrs. Austin 3 min 67 067 - December 5, 1865: Mrs. Austin 3 min 68 068 - December 25, 1865: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 17 min 69 069 - January 3, 1866: Maurice Duff Gordon 3 min 70 070 - January 15, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 71 071 - February 7, 1886: Mrs. Austin 12 min 72 072 - February 15, 1866: Mrs. Austin 4 min 73 073 - February 22, 1866: Mrs. Ross 2 min 74 074 - February 22, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 75 075 - March 6, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 76 076 - March 17, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 77 077 - March 31, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 78 078 -April, 1866: Mrs. Ross 2 min 79 079 - April, 1866: Mrs. Austin 4 min 80 080 - May 10, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 81 081 - June 22, 1866: Maurice Duff Gordon 2 min 82 082 - July 10, 1866: Mrs. Austin 16 min 83 083 - July 17, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 84 084 - August 20, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 85 085 - August 27, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 7 min 86 086 - September 21, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 87 087 - September 21, 1866: Mrs. Austin 5 min 88 088 - October 15, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 7 min 89 089 - October 19, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 90 090 - October 25, 1866: Mrs. Austin 3 min 91 091 - November 21, 1866: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 14 min 92 092 - December 5, 1866: Mrs. Ross 3 min 93 093 - December 31, 1886: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 8 min 94 094 - January 12, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 95 095 - January 14, 1867: Mrs. Austin 5 min 96 096 - January 22, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 97 097 - January 26, 1867: Mrs. Austin 7 min 98 098 - February 3, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 99 099 - March 6, 1867: Mrs. Austin 8 min 100 100 - March 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 101 101 - April 12, 1867: Mrs. Austin 6 min 102 102 - April 19, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 6 min 103 103 - May 15, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 9 min 104 104 - May 23, 1867: Mrs. Austin 5 min 105 105 - June 30, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 106 106 - July 8, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 1 min 107 107 - July 28, 1867: Mrs. Austin 6 min 108 108 - July 28, 1867: Mrs. Austin 3 min 109 109 - August 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 110 110 - August 8, 1867: Mrs. Austin 2 min 111 111 - September 7, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 112 112 - October 17, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 7 min 113 113 - October 21, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 114 114 - November 3, 1867: Mrs. Ross 2 min 115 115 - December 20, 1867: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 116 116 - January, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 117 117 - April, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 118 118 - May, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 2 min 119 119 - June 14, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 120 120 - October 22, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 1 min 121 121 - November 6, 1868: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 1 min 122 122 - January 25, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 4 min 123 123 - June 15, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 3 min 124 124 - July 9, 1869: Sir Alexander Duff Gordon 1 min
