The Turkish Embassy Letters (1763)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Published on 20. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-55481-042-0 (ISBN)
Description
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This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and "Oriental" tales written in Europe.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
United States
Illustrations
7
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55481-042-0 (9781554810420)
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Teresa Heffernan is Associate Professor of English at St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Daniel O'Quinn is Professor of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.