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Title: |
The Turkish Embassy Letters |
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| By (author): |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Edited by: Teresa Heffernan, Daniel O'Quinn |
| ISBN10-13: |
1554810426 : 9781554810420 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
328 |
| Weight: |
.437 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - September 2012 |
| List Price: |
30.75 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 43 |
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| In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montaguâ 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 This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and â Orientalâ tales written in Europe. |
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