Turkish Embassy Letters (Hardcover)

by Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (Author), Malcolm Jack (Editor)
Key Phrases: Grand Signor, Lady Mary, Lady Rich (more...)

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'Her letters have an immediacy and vivacity that remains as fresh as the mosiacs on the ancient monuments she saw and the eastern gardens that gave her such delight.' Anita Desai --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was described by a contemporary as "one of the most extraordinary shining characters in the world." Her letters, collected here, tell of her travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her liveliness makes them delightfully readable, and her singular intelligence provides us with insights that were exceptional for their time. Her 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 and accomplished of early travel writers.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 190 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press (August 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 082031580X
• ISBN-13: 978-0820315805
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,625,827 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Academic, but a good view of British Orientalist literature, March 30, 2000

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I read this novel for a class in British Orientalist literature. It's a series of letters written by a woman who travels to the East. Read it in conjunction with _Arabian Nights_, _Vathek_, _Rasselas_, and some other Orientalist tales, and you can get some interesting insights in eighteenth century England and the exotic/erotic elements of the East.