The Turkish Embassy Letters (1763) Paperback / softback - 2012
by Mary Wortley Montagu
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- Title The Turkish Embassy Letters (1763)
- Author Mary Wortley Montagu
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Condition New
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Broadview Press Inc
- Date 2012
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # ria9781554810420_inp
- ISBN 9781554810420 / 1554810426
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Cultural Region: Turkey
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, English - 18th century, Diplomats' spouses - Great Britain
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013433352
- Dewey Decimal Code 826.5
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From the rear cover
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This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and "Oriental" tales written in Europe.