Under the Turk in Constantinople

About this eBook

Author

Abbott, G. F. (George Frederick), 1874-1947

Title

Under the Turk in Constantinople: A record of Sir John Finch's Embassy, 1674-1681

Credits

Turgut Dincer, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DR: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Balkan Peninsula, Turkey

Subject

Finch, John, Sir, 1626-1682

Category

Text

eBook-No.

64131

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64131

Release Date

December 25, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

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

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