The Turkish Embassy Letters (1763), Paperback/Mary Wortley Montagu

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. Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd Author(s): Mary Wortley Montagu Number of pages: 300 Publication date: 2012 Dimensions: 213 x 142 x 18 Cover type: Paperback / softback Editor(s): Teresa Heffernan