The Turkish Embassy Letters (Broadview Editions) by Montagu,

ISBN: 1554810426

Author: Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

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In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagus 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and her impressions of Ottoman culture and society.This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and Oriental tales written in Europe.

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