Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic WivesAn authoritative and entertaining account by one of our most talented writers of the courageous and unusual women who have been the backbone of the British Empire and foreign service. English ambassadresses are usually on the dotty side and leaving their embassies drives them completely off their rockers Nancy Mitford From the first exploratory expeditions into foreign lands, through the heyday of the British Empire and still today, the foreign