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The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (Volume 1)

The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (Volume 1)


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881. Excerpt: ... LETTER IV. Introduction--Great disaster of the Christians at DjerW--Their fleet surprised by Piald Pasha--Flight of the Duke of Medina to Sicily--Arrival of the news at Constantinople--Exultation of the Turks--Unsuccessful attempt of Don Alvaro de Sande-to cut his way out, followed by the surrender of the garrison--Their hardships during the siege--Triumphal return of the victorious fleet to Constantinople--Solyman's demeanour--Treatment of the prisoners--Busbecq rescues the royal standard of Naples--Fate of the Duke of Medina's son--De Sande brought before the Divan and then imprisoned in the Castle of the Black Sea--Busbecq's efforts to relieve the prisoners--Complaints of the ingratitude of some of them--Charity of Italian merchants--One notable exception--Religious scruples of the Sultan--He prohibits the importation of wine to Constantinople--Exemption of Busbecq and his household--Story of some Greeks--Busbecq's request to leave his house on account of the plague refused by Roostem, but granted by Ali, his successor--Death of Roostem--Busbecq's physician dies of the plague--Description of the Princes' Islands--Fishing there--Pinnas---Franciscan Friar--Death rate from the plague at Constantinople--Turkish notions of Destiny--The Metropolitan Metrophanes--Return to Constantinople--Characters of Ali Pasha and Roostem contrasted--Anecdote of Roostem--The Emperor presents Busbecq with the money intended for Roostem--Busbecq's interview with Ali--Accident of the latter--Incursion of John Basilicus into Moldavia--Conversation with Ali on the subject--Imprisoned pilgrims released by the intervention of Lavigne, the French ambassador--His character--Story of him and Roostem--Account of the Goths and Tartars of the Crimea--Gothic vocabulary--Turkish pilg...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781235721083
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 126
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235721086
  • Publisher Date: 05 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 240 gr

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