Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician, comprising her opinions and anecdotes of some of the most remarkable persons of her time, Vol I of III. Dr. Meryon was in 1810 taken on by the eccentric Lady Hester as her medical attendant, on a voyage to Sicily and the Near East. He was with her during her seven years' wanderings and saw her finally settled on Mount Lebanon. Lady Hester would talk to Meryon for hours on end into the night. - Summary by Wikipedia