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| #586374 in Books | imusti | 1994-01-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.75 x5.00l,.40 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | Virago Press (UK)||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Great Read|By mrkabt|A fantastic read. Lady Mary's letters illustrate the middle-east of the past through the lens of the west and highlights the differences between the cultures.|5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Great resource|By High Maintenance|It's a mind blowing book. How beautiful is to get to know the l||Her letters have an immediacy and vivacity that remains as fresh as the mosiacs on the ancient monuments she saw and the eastern gardens that gave her such delight.―Anita Desai|From the Publisher|Lady Mary Wortley
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.
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