Letters Written During a Ten Year"s Residence at the Court of Tripoli, 1783-1795 (1816) (Travellers in the Wider Levant)
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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9781843821977
Marke
Hardinge Simpole Ltd
Autor
Miss Tully
Pagina
512
Jahr
2008
Binding
152x220
Letters Written During a Ten Year"s Residence at the Court of Tripoli, 1783-1795 (1816) Miss Tully"s Letters form a clear and eminently readable narrative of her years in Tripoli and the political situation there in the late 18th c, as well as a unique account of relationships within the harem of the ruler. She and her nieces had free access to the women of the family of the Bashaw (Pasha) and an intimate relationship developed. The Preface to the first edition of 1816, tells us that... Full description