Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

The Turkish Embassy Letters

Ed. and annotated by Malcolm Jack

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Lady Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was described by a contemporary, as 'one of the most extraordary shining characters in the world...'. Her newly edited letters tell of her travels through Europe to Turkey in 1716.

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Produktdetails

• Virago Modern Classics
• Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group / Virago Press
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 168g
• ISBN-13: 9781853816796
• ISBN-10: 1853816795
• Artikelnr.: 20984904

Autorenporträt

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's connections with poets such as Pope, Congreve and Addison and with Whig politicians through her father and husband provide a fascinating base for the correspondence.

Rezensionen

Her letters have an immediacy and vivacity that remains as fresh as the mosaics on the ancient monuments she saw and the eastern gardens that gave her such delight Anita Desai