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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.The ability to study another culture according to its own values and to see herself through the eyes of others makes Lady M...Show more
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ISBN
9781853816796
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published year
1994
Language
English
Original title
The Turkish Embassy Letters
Format
Paperback
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