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The Turkish Embassy Letters (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781853816796)
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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xThe critical and biographical introduction tells of Lady Wortley Montagu's travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her lively letters offer insights into the paradoxical freedoms conferred on Muslim women by the veil, the value of experimental work by Turkish doctors on inoculation, and the beauty of Arab poetry and culture.
The ability to study another culture according to its own values and to see herself through the eyes of others makes Lady Mary one of the most fascinating of early travel writers and commentatorsAuthor: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
ISBN-10: 1853816795
ISBN-13: 9781853816796
Publisher: Virago Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 01/27/1994
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d
By Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
xLady Mary Wortley Montagu's connections with poets such as Pope, Congreve and Addison and with Whig politicians through her father and husband provide a fascinating base for the correspondence.
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