On Horseback Through Asia Minor - Asia Mino

Klappentext A two-volume 1877 account of the author's two-thousand mile journey from Constantinople to eastern Turkey before the Russo-Turkish War. Zusammenfassung This two-volume work! first published in 1877! recounts British army officer Frederick Burnaby's two-thousand mile journey through Asia Minor to assess Turkey's chances in the impending war with Russia. On the way he creates vivid snapshots of the region and of the people he encounters. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. My host; 2. The Mohammedan school; 3. Radford; 4. The Armenian church; 5. Hasta Khan; 6. Kemach; 7. Erzingan; 8. Russia's conduct in Servia; 9. Climbing the mountains; 10. The Pacha's interpreter; 11. The European society in Erzeroum; 12. A conversation with the Pacha; 13. The weather; 14. The Turkish cemetery; 15. The Kurd; 16. Low hills; 17. Clearing the way; 18. Armenian lads; 19. A spy; 20. A Yezeed (devil-worshippers) village; 21. Dinner; 22. Villages; 23. No signs of Khoi; 24. The bazaar; 25. Kotoor; 26. The artillery at practice; 27. An extempore market; 28. Akserai; 29. My host; 30. Alongside the river Murad; 31. Mohammed's febrifuge; 32. The garrison of Kars; 33. The march to Ardahan; 34. Ardanusch; 35. The precipice; 36. Price of corn; 37. The journey is over.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Burnaby
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.12.2011
• EAN: 9781108037600
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03760-0
• No. of pages: 426
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor; On Horseback through Asia Minor 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Hotel and restaurant guides; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Middle East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Middle Eastern history