The Turkish Embassy Letters:

Name: The Turkish Embassy Letters:
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ISBN: 9781554810420

ISBN-10: 1554810426

ISBN-13: 9781554810420

Edition: 2012

Authors: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Daniel O. O'quinn, Teresa Heffernan

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Description:

In 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's husband Edward Montagu was appointed British ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire. Despite discouragement from friends that feared for her safety, she accompanied her husband to Turkey and wrote an extraordinary series of letters that recorded her experiences as a traveler and her impressions of Ottoman culture and society. These letters, addressed primarily to her sister and to Alexander Pope, became the basis for a highly crafted text that was not published until 1763. Like many women who rebelled against gender conventions, Montagu was the target of vicious attacks from her contemporaries. But her status as a woman traveler is crucial…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Broadview Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English