Title: The Turkish Embassy Letters
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 This Broadview edition includes a broad selection of related historical documents on Turkey, women in the Arab world, Islam, and 'Oriental' tales written in Europe."--
Subjects: Authors, english, Authors, correspondence, Istanbul (turkey), description and travel, Montagu, mary wortley, lady, 1689-1762, Correspondence, Diplomats' spouses, English Authors, British, History, Early works to 1800, Description and travel