The Turkish Embassy Letters

The Turkish Embassy Letters
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Publisher : Broadview Press
Total Pages : 323
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ISBN-10 : 9781554810420
ISBN-13 : 1554810426
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Book Synopsis The Turkish Embassy Letters by : Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Download or read book The Turkish Embassy Letters written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire. Montagu accompanied her husband to Turkey and wrote an extraordinary series of letters that recorded her experiences as a traveller and her impressions of Ottoman culture and society. This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and “Oriental” tales written in Europe.


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