Queen Hester 英國沙漠女王
William Pitt the Younger, the modern city of Damascus, a Bedouin Arab and a modern tomb-raider, Lara Croft.
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也許你印象中的英國人都是循規(guī)蹈矩彬彬有禮。但英國歷史上也不乏我行我素的奇特人物。BBC 最新推出的六集系列將為大家介紹六位古怪的英國人– English Eccentrics.
In this final edition of English Eccentrics, find out about an amazing woman who is remembered as a great traveller: Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope.
She was born in 1776 – a time when women were not expected to be independent or adventurous. Yet Lady Hester travelled to the East, went hunting for buried treasure and was even crowned Queen by Bedouin Arabs.
In this programme you will hear Lady Hester's own description of the Bedouin and also find out the meaning of the English phrase to be ahead of one's time.
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