Autor: Miss Pardoe

Julia Pardoe (1804-1862), was an English poet, novelist, historian and traveler. A gifted and varied writer, Pardoe published many books on varied subjects that strayed across genres and often had an international perspective. Her most enduring works were her historical writings on the French 16th and 17th-century courts. Pardoe»s most popular work, The City of the Sultan and Domestic Manners of the Turks, presented the Turkish upper class with sympathy and humanity.