{"product_id":"sunshine-and-storm-in-the-east-mrs-brassey","title":"Sunshine and Storm in the East - Mrs Brassey","description":"\u003ch5\u003eSunshine and Storm in the East,\u003cbr\u003eor Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople. FIRST EDITION.\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003eLongmans, Green, \u0026amp; Co. 1880\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"content-link\"\u003eHalf title, fold. map front. \u0026amp; fold. map at end, plates \u0026amp; illus. Orig. brown cloth, lettered in gilt, dec. in gilt, red and black.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"content-link\"\u003eTop of spine detached.  See picture.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"content-link\"\u003eThe Brasseys (Baroness Annie and her husband Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey) made several voyages in their steam-assisted schooner \u003cem\u003eThe Sunbeam\u003c\/em\u003e during the 1870s and 80s, with Annie Brassey writing well-received travelogues charting their adventures. This example relates the narrative of two voyages, one in the western Mediterranean in 1874 and another in 1878 to Cyprus and Constantinople. Annie Brassey died in 1887, succumbing to malaria while undertaking a trip to Australia. Thomas Brassey went on to become governor of Victoria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"content-link\"\u003eRare.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hellenic Bookservice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56209986126203,"sku":null,"price":260.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/6862\/0411\/files\/Sunshineandthestorm.jpg?v=1776351434","url":"https:\/\/hellenic-books.com\/products\/sunshine-and-storm-in-the-east-mrs-brassey","provider":"Hellenic Bookservice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}