THE TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was described by a contemporary as one of the most extraordinary shining characters in the world. Her lett ers, collected here, tell of her travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716, where her husband had been appointed Ambassador. Her live liness makes them delightfully readable, and her singular intelligence provides us with insights that were exceptional for their tim e. 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 th...[Read more]