A native of Charleston, Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq is director of the Daniel Library at the Citadel and a great-great-great-granddaughter of Emily Wharton Sinkler. She holds a master's degree in librarianship from Emory University and a J.D. from the University of Tennessee. LeClercq is also editor of Between North and South: The Letters of Emily Wharton Sinkler, 1842-1865 (USCP ISBN 1-57003-412-5).
A fascinating travelogue detailing the
turn-of-the-twentieth-century adventures of intrepid traveler and
socialite Elizabeth Sinkler Coxe . . . that included trips to
Egypt, Turkey, France, Italy, and Greece. Drawing on Lizzie's
diary, travel journals, letters, and business documents,
great-grandniece LeClercq provides an exotic firsthand account of a
unique type of upper-class travel in a bygone era.
Booklist
Sharing the story of a woman who was comfortable in the North and
the South and embraced a larger world as well, Elizabeth Sinkler
Coxe's Tales from the Grand Tour broadens our understanding of the
complexities of the postbellum United States.
Journal of Southern History
The letters make for terrific armchair-and-ottoman reading, superb
in their evocation of time. . . . To bridge the gaps in the
letter-writing chronology, LeClercq contributes a highly readable
narrative that pulls the reader along like a good novel.
Charleston (S.C.) Post & Courier
The sketches and written accounts of her extensive travels possess
considerable period charm. Lizzie Sinkler seems promising raw
material for one of her cousin-in-law Edith Wharton's novels.
Charleston (S.C.) Mercury
Through both words and pictures, this vivid chronicle of camels and
trains, dervishes and pyramids, demonstrates the grand tour's
cultural importance.
Charleston (S.C.) Magazine
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