Three Years in Constantinople; or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844
Subtitle: Volume 2
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: February 20, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781402175817
Subjects: society,Constantinople,tradition,customs of nations,domestic manners,the Turks; History / Israel
First sentence: Contiguous to the greengrocer's stall, mentioned in the first volume, is the shop of a celebrated halvajee or vender of a dry, glutinous substance, called halva (literally, sweet); of which the principal ingredient is the unctuous flour of sesame grain and honey.