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Under the Turk in Constantinople

Subtitle: A record of Sir John Finch's Embassy, 1674-1681

G. F. (George Frederick) Abbott

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Literature Travel Writing History - European History - Modern (1750+)

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1. UNDER THE TURK IN CONSTANTINOPLE 2. FOREWORD 3. PREFACE 4. Introductory material 5. ILLUSTRATIONS 6. CHAPTER I A DIPLOMAT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF 7. CHAPTER II SIR JOHN’S PROGRAMME 8. CHAPTER III LIFE IN CONSTANTINOPLE 9. CHAPTER IV THE MEN ABOUT THE AMBASSADOR 10. CHAPTER V STRENUA INERTIA 11. CHAPTER VI SIR JOHN GOES TO COURT 12. CHAPTER VII THE FESTIVITIES 13. CHAPTER VIII DIPLOMACY—HIGH AND OTHERWISE 14. CHAPTER IX THE SUBLIME THRESHOLD 15. CHAPTER X HOPES DEFERRED 16. CHAPTER XI FROM PURGATORY TO PERA 17. CHAPTER XII HALCYON DAYS 18. CHAPTER XIII THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE 19. CHAPTER XIV KARA MUSTAFA AND THE ALEPPO DOLLARS 20. CHAPTER XV INTERLUDE 21. CHAPTER XVI THE CASE OF MRS. PENTLOW 22. CHAPTER XVII THE PILOT AT REST 23. CHAPTER XVIII THE PRICE OF PARCHMENT 24. CHAPTER XIX SIR JOHN’S “TICKLISH CONDITION”25. CHAPTER XX A LULL IN THE STORM 26. CHAPTER XXI RELEASE 27. CONCLUSION 28. APPENDIX I 29. APPENDIX II 30. APPENDIX III 31. APPENDIX IV 32. APPENDIX V 33. APPENDIX VI 34. APPENDIX VII 35. APPENDIX VIII 36. APPENDIX IX 37. APPENDIX X 38. APPENDIX XI 39. APPENDIX XII 40. APPENDIX XIII 41. APPENDIX XIV 42. APPENDIX XV 43. APPENDIX XVI 44. INDEX

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