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 This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and Oriental tales written in Europe.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 ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781460402061 ● Editor Teresa Heffernan & Daniel O’Quinn ● Publisher Broadview Press ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8017167 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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