The 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.
| ISBN: | 9781853816796 |
| Publication date: | 27th January 1994 |
| Author: | Mary Wortley Montagu, Malcolm Jack |
| Publisher: | Virago an imprint of Little, Brown |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 190 pages |
| Series: | Virago Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Travel writing Autobiography: writers Memoirs Biographies & Autobiographies |