Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and other countries of the East
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.06.2019
Herausgeber
Robert WalpoleVerlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
652
Maße (L/B/H)
28/21,6/3,5 cm
Gewicht
1613 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-884-9
Step into a region where empires meet and borders blur. The Ottoman world comes alive. In Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and other countries of the East, Robert Walpole gathers vivid nineteenth century Turkey reportage and wider Eastern Mediterranean journeys, tracing routes through European and Asiatic Turkey and on to neighbouring lands with the eye of a patient observer. It is an armchair passage into nineteenth century Turkey, attentive to landscape, language, and the practical realities of travel, and to the tensions of rule. These complete travel memoirs read as historical travel narratives and primary source travelogues at once: encounters with cities and coasts, notes on local customs, trade, faith, and politics, and the textures of everyday Ottoman Empire society. For readers drawn to classic orient travel writing and Victorian travel literature, the prose offers immediacy without sensationalism; for history students and scholars, it serves as a grounded research reference edition for studying Turkey under Ottomans and the shifting world of Anatolia and Levant travel. Published in an age when the East was being re-mapped in European minds, Walpole's compilation preserves on-the-ground testimony that modern surveys cannot replace, making it a lasting document of travel, perception, and contact across the Ottoman realm. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike, and a welcome addition to any library of classic travel and exploration.
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